'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton dies of cancer at age 66
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081105/capt.b1a27741a5c044609d82e8344fb77f33.obit_crichton_nyet256.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=gOTyjWrmHhOzw6qrUcS4ZA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this Dec. 7, 2004 file photo, author Michael Crichton poses at The Peninsula Hotel in New York. Crichton died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, at age 66. He had been privately battling cancer, according to his family. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, file)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_en_ot/obit_crichton)AP - Michael Crichton, the million-selling author who made scientific research terrifying and irresistible in such thrillers as "Jurassic Park," "Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, his family said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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