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	Michael Crichton Dies at 66

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11-5-2008 2:15 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6724561a-3d20-4310-86b3-815e5793197a/8BC80EAD-893F-4984-9258-1EA47C45CA0C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx" href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.tvguide.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx"><DIV><A href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-crichton/188607">Michael Crichton</A>, whose contributions to pop culture ranged from the human drama of <EM><A href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/er/100139">ER</A></EM> and <EM><A href="http://movies.tvguide.com/disclosure/130265">Disclosure</A></EM> to the sci-fi adventures <A href="http://movies.tvguide.com/jurassic-park/129606"><EM>Jurassic</EM><EM> Park</EM> </A>and <A href="http://movies.tvguide.com/andromeda-strain/113496"><EM>The</EM> <EM>Andromeda Strain</EM></A>, has died after what his family called "a private battle with cancer." He was 66.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.tvguide.com/img/1F72FF4A-03D1-4106-8758-E80AA4B498BE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx"><DIV>"While the world knew him as a great storyteller that challenged our preconceived notions about the world around us ... family and friends knew Michael Crichton as a devoted husband, loving father and generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the wonders of our world through new eyes," his family said in a statement. "He did this with a wry sense of humor that those who were privileged to know him personally will never forget."</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx"><DIV>Crichton died Tuesday, the family said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Michael-Crichton-Dies-35352.aspx"><DIV>His page-turner novels — and later the plethora of TV shows and films based on his work — balanced hard science with rip-roaring adventure and small-scale emotion. They sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8BC80EAD-893F-4984-9258-1EA47C45CA0C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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