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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 19, 2015 19:03:57 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/biz/news/jackie-collins-dead-dies-author-1201597809/Author Jackie Collins Dies at 77 Best-selling author Jackie Collins died of breast cancer on Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 77. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one of a kind mother, Jackie Collins, who died of breast cancer today,” her family said in a statement to People. “She lived a wonderfully full life and was adored by her family, friends and the millions of readers who she has been entertaining for over four decades,” the statement said. She was a true inspiration, a trail blazer for women in fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters but we already miss her beyond words.” The English author of four-plus decades was best known for writing novels about glamorous Hollywood lifestyles. More than 500 million copies of her novels have been sold and her latest book, “The Santangelos,” hit shelves in June. She is survived by her daughters, Tracy, Tiffany and Rory; sister Joan Collins, the actress best known for her role on “Dynasty”; brother, Bill; and six grandchildren. Private memorial services will be held in her honor in both the U.S. and the U.K. In lieu of flowers, the Collins ask that donations be sent to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Organization and Penny Brohn Cancer Care.
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