White supremacist William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' dies at 68 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- White supremacist leader William Pierce, whose book "The Turner Diaries" is believed to have inspired Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, died Tuesday. He was 68. Pierce died at his compound near Hillsboro, about 140 miles northeast of Charleston, said his business manager, Bob DeMarias. He became ill about three weeks ago from cancer, though he was never diagnosed, DeMarias said. ETC >>Pierce made a lot of sense, if one ignored the politically incorrect hyperbole in his writings. << Yeah just ignore 99% of it.One nutty racist physicist down...DING DONG the nazi's dead!