Michael Crichton RIP.
06/11/2008 08:13 0ST

Posted by zaphod

Blatently stolen from CNN

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/05/obit.crichton/index.html