Michael Crichton
Family, friends and millions of fans grieve for the death of one of the most famous best-sellers author, Michael Crichton.
His family announced he died of cancer at the age of 66, yesterday, in his Los Angeles residence.
Crichton, who graduated from Harvard Medical School and had an MD diploma, did not practice medicine, but he did use his knowledge in his books.
The author of “Jurassic Park” is considered one of the precursors of a literary style called “techno-thriller”, which combines pseudo-scientific elements with adventure or police stories.
He wrote his first book, “Odds On”, in 1966 and his first great success was in 1969 with “The Andromeda Strain”.
The stories that brought him world fame were “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World”, but also the TV series “ER” (Emergency Room).
His works have been translated into 36 languages and the movies made after them had millions of spectators, and they remain amongst some of the classics of modern times.
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This post was written by Dana Ciucalau on November 6, 2008
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