Publicist: ‘Hollywood Wives’ novelist Jackie Collins dies
LOS ANGELES – Jackie Collins, the bestselling author of dozens of novels including “Hollywood Wives” that dramatized the lives of the rich and treacherous, has died.
In this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, author Jackie Collins arrives at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party in West Hollywood, Calif. The Associated Press
Publicist Melody Korenbrot says Collins died of breast cancer on Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 77.
Collins’ family said in a statement that she was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force who entertained millions of readers for over four decades.
Her death was first reported by People magazine.
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