'Love Story' Author Erich Segal Dies

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Erich Segal, author of the fabulously successful 1969 novel Love Story has died aged 72, of a heart attack, his daughter said. Francesca Segal said her father died Sunday at his home in London after suffering from Parkinson's Disease for 25 years.

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I love a good love story and this ain't one of them.

#1 | Posted by Lipzoidial at 2010-01-19 12:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

The book Love Story was dreck, an utterly ridiculous soap opera plot pure and simple. The movie, more dreck, though those of the female persuasion seemed to like it. A lot. It was as if he wanted to see just how much cheesy goo readers would gobble up. Thanks for the laugh, Erich, and RIP.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2010-01-19 01:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Apparently he sat down at the typewriter and said "Where do I begin?"

#3 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2010-01-19 01:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Love Means Never Having to Say You Just Died?

I would hope someone could tell without input from me-if I'm already dead.......

#4 | Posted by frankf55 at 2010-01-19 02:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

I once met Ali McGraw in a grocery store in Malibu in the early 80's.

She was in line in front of me with some train wreck of a guy-filthy hairy wretch. She turned around, looked me in the eye and I think I visibly flinched in shock:

Uni-brow!!!!!!!!!!

The most perfect uni-brow I have ever seen on a woman! There was no gap over the nose, just continuous brow.

What the hell Steve McQueen every saw in her I will never know.

#5 | Posted by boojiboy at 2010-01-19 04:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

You know the story was based on Al and Tipper Gore.
Except Tipper didn't die.

#6 | Posted by danni at 2010-01-19 04:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Good lord Danni, your the victim of yet another of Al Gore's long stretches of the truth. Read on:

www.nytimes.com

#7 | Posted by boojiboy at 2010-01-19 04:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

I would NOT wish 25 yrs of Parkinson's on anyone.

#8 | Posted by Stickman at 2010-01-19 05:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

Too bad, a death too late.

#9 | Posted by smeg at 2010-01-19 06:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

Al Gore must be broken up to know this. After all, Love Story was based on him and Tipper.

#10 | Posted by humanear at 2010-01-20 10:18 AM | Reply | Flag: