vineri, 5 decembrie 2008

Michael Crichton died at 66

 American writer Michael Crichton, author of the best-selleruri such as "The Andromeda Strain" (Germenul Andromeda) and "Jurassik Park" and creator of the popular television series "ER", which won a 1996 Emmy award, died at the age of 66 years, as a result of cancer.  Photo (1)  See Photo Paper  Crichton, a doctor by profession, has followed a career as a novelist and scenarist, and his books, translated into 30 languages, have sold over 150 million copies worldwide. He died "flashing" on Tuesday in Los Angeles, after he led a courageous fight with cancer, announced Wednesday his family.  "If the world is like a sieve than narrator, which he put to the test our preconceived notions about the world around us - and doing this gave us a means of entertainment - his wife, Sherri, daughter Taylor, his family and friends is knew Michael Crichton as a devoted husband, a loving father and a generous friend, we inspire each of us as we strive to see the miracle of our world from a new, the family said in a communique published on the site . "He did it with a sense of humor that those who had the privilege to know him personally it will not ever forget," added comments.  Crichton family said that he wants privacy and will hold a private funeral service.  Michael Crichton was born in Chicago on 23 October 1942, and his first novel written under the pseudonym while ago cursurile Harvard Medical School. "The Andromeda Strain," which was published in 1969, became his first best-seller.  In addition to "Jurassic Park" and its continuation, "The Lost World," which became successful movies in Hollywood, Crichton wrote inter alia "Congo", "The Terminal Man," "Prey" and "State of Fear" .  More than 12 of his novels were the basis of movies.  Michael Crichton is considered the inventor of the novel "techno" with suspense. In 2006, his novel "State of Fear" (Fear, translated from Polirom) question on 600 pages, the reality of climate warming and lit a controversy on this issue that divided scientists and the political class in the United States.

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