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# Romance Author Jackie Collins Dies At 77

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## Video: Romance Author Jackie Collins Dies At 77

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_Published 2015-09-20. Best-selling romance author Jackie Collins died of breast cancer after keeping the diagnosis private for years._


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## Transcript

Best selling author Jackie Collins has dies of breast cancer at the age of 77. People first broke the news reporting Collins kept her stage four cancer diagnosis private for over six years. In her last interview with People earlier this month, she said she was happy with her decision to keep the diagnosis private and continue working. I've written five books since the diagnosis, I've lived my life, I've travelled all over the world, I have not turned down book tours and no one has ever known until now when I feel as though I should come out with it. Many of her books made it to the New York Times Best Seller's List and several were turned into movies and mini- series.

Like Lucky, Hollywood Wives, and The Stud, which stars her sister, Joan Collins. Collins is best known for her sultry stories set in the glamour of Beverly Hills .

>> I find my character suddenly want to have sex, then you've got to go with it. but, I don't control the characters, they control me. << Her family said she was a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force. Instead of flowers, the family asked that donations be sent to the Susan G. Koman breast cancer organization and Supenny Braun Cancer Care.

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