freeman,
it does not mention that he was George Bush's science adviser - a
perfect match of a fiction writer advising a fictional president
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a loss for fans of science and fiction.
Jurassic Park Author Loses Cancer Battle
5 November 2008 10:34 AM, PST
Bestselling Jurassic Park author and filmmaker Michael Crichton has
lost his battle with cancer in Los Angeles. He was 66.
Crichton, who also wrote sex thriller Disclosure and co-created hit
TV series ER, was 66.
In a statement, the author's representative says, "While the world
knew him as a great story teller that challenged our preconceived
notions about the world around us, and entertained us all while
doing so, Michael Crichton was a devoted husband, loving father and
generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the
wonders of our world through new eyes.
"He did this with a wry sense of humour that those who were
privileged to know him personally will never forget."
A family insider tells website MomLogic.com, "Michael's family
respectfully asks for privacy during this difficult time."
Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in Roslyn, New
York, the son of a journalist who encouraged his writing passion.
He quit studying English at Harvard University to travel through
Europe and then returned to Massachusetts to study medicine at
Harvard Medical School.
His early novels were written under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson.
Crichton gave up medicine in the early 1970s and moved to
California, where he began directing movies based on his books.
His big break came with 1973 cult movie Westworld.
He almost became an actor in the mid-1970s when director Nicolas
Roeg called on him to play the alien David Bowie eventually
portrayed in The Man Who Fell to Earth. To date, his only acting
role came in 1971's The Andromeda Strain, in which he played an
uncredited surgeon.
The author/director starred in his own real-life drama in 2002 when
he was tied up and robbed at gunpoint by masked men in his Santa
Monica, California home.
Married five times, Crichton leaves behind one child, Taylor.
His bestselling novels and hit screenplays also include Twister,
Congo, The First Great Train Robbery and all the Jurassic Park
sequels.
As a filmmaker, he directed the movies The 13th Warrior, Physical
Evidence, Runaway and The First Great Train Robbery, among others.
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