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Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins
OBE
(4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015
[1]
[2]
[3]
) was an
English
-
American
novelist. She wrote 32 novels, all of which have been on the
New York Times
bestsellers list. In total, her books have sold over 400 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages.
[4]
[5]
Eight of the books were made into movies or television mini-series.
She died on 19 September 2015 of
breast cancer
in
Beverly Hills, California
, aged 77.
[6]
She was the younger sister of
Joan Collins
.
- ↑
Born in 1937 as per
findmypast.co.uk
- ↑
Horwell, Veronica (2015-09-20).
"Jackie Collins obituary"
.
The Guardian
. London
. Retrieved
2022-01-02
.
- ↑
Gambotto-Burke, Antonella
(22 July 2007). "Lucky be a lady".
South China Morning Post
. Hong Kong. p. 1.
- ↑
Leadbetter, Russell (17 October 2007). "10 things about Jackie Collins".
The Evening Times
. Glasgow. p. 27.
- ↑
Roberts, Oliver (18 November 2007). "Mistress of fiction".
The Sunday Times
. Johannesburg. p. 16.
- ↑
Jackie Collins Has Died