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Offline bijou

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Erich Segal, ‘Love Story’ Author, Dies at 72
« on: January 20, 2010, 03:12:56 AM »
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Erich Segal, a Yale classics professor turned popular writer whose first novel, “Love Story,” became a staggering commercial success if not quite a critical one when it appeared in 1970, died on Sunday at his home in London. He was 72.


The cause was a heart attack, his daughter Francesca said on Tuesday. Mr. Segal had been ill with Parkinson’s disease for 25 years. ...
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RIP.  Love Story was a phenomenon.
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Re: Erich Segal, ‘Love Story’ Author, Dies at 72
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 05:33:43 AM »
I laughed all the way through the movie.  I never tried the book.

RIP, Mr. Segal. 
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