India, Oct. 6 -- The popular British author and former Conservative Party member, Jeffrey Archer, has passed away at 86 years of age. The news of his demise was broken out by his publishing company, HarperCollins, on October 5, 2026, just a day ahead of the worldwide publication of his last book titled Adam & Eve.

In the statement issued, HarperCollins stated that Archer "passed away suddenly and peacefully at home," and he was "writing between sessions" at the time of his death. There is no official information regarding the cause of death. It was mentioned previously that Archer confessed to having been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014, yet HarperCollins has not confirmed the disease as the cause of death.

Archer left a distingu...