Alvin Toffler, author of 1970 bestseller 'Future Shock,' dies at 87

Alvin Toffler, author of the influential 1970 futurist bestseller “Future Shock” died Monday in his sleep at his home in Bel Air, according to Yvonne Merkel, a spokeswoman for his Reston, Va.-based consulting firm, Toffler Associates. He was 87.

Toffler was born Oct. 4, 1928, in New York. He graduated...