Michael Crichton Has Died Of Cancer

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 6:42 pm

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/s ... ertainment

I loved many of his books. This is very sad.

SM

donroc · Post by **donroc** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 7:03 pm

Only 66. So many more years of creativity left untapped. Sad.

annis · Post by **annis** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 7:12 pm

Yes, once you get over 50, 66 seems pretty young. He was well known for his conservative views - hope the Democrats' win in the Presidential race wasn't the last straw for him!

Spitfire · Post by **Spitfire** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 7:33 pm

What a shock and a terrible loss! We will cherish what he left behind.

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 8:21 pm

Holy Cow!!!

MrsMorland · Post by **MrsMorland** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 9:34 pm

How very sad.

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 11:16 pm

He even wrote HF -- sort of. I'm thinking of Timeline, of course.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Wed November 5th, 2008, 11:17 pm

I didnt know he was ill. Sad!

Michelle2 · Post by **Michelle2** » Thu November 6th, 2008, 12:22 am

I loved Timeline!!!

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thu November 6th, 2008, 1:16 am

A friend saw him at a reading in the Bay area recently and had no idea he had been sick. Wow - I loved his early books, esp Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park (scared the begeebers out of me long before the movie came out). I didn't care for the direction that many of his latter books took so stopped reading him, but there is no question he was an excellent writer. He will be missed.