Celebrated novelist Jackie Collins dies at 77 following battle with breast cancer, family says - @peoplehttp://t.co/BNT1YgUxR3
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) September 20, 2015"It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one of a kind mother, Jackie Collins, who died of breast cancer today."
"She lived a wonderfully full life and was adored by her family, friends and the millions of readers who she has been entertaining for over 4 decades. She was a true inspiration, a trail blazer for women in fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters but we already miss her beyond words."
Collins was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer most than 6 years ago. She has sold more than 500 million copies of her novels since her first novel, The World Is Full of Married Men, was published in 1968.
"I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say. 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," said Collins in her latest interview.
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R.I.P. in Book Heaven, Ms. Collins.