When did Jackie Collins die and what was her cause of death?
JACQUELINE Collins was a romance novelist and actress from London, England.
Collin wrote 32 novels, which all appeared on The New York Times bestsellers list.
When did Jackie Collins die and what was her cause of death?
On September 19, 2015, two weeks before her 78th birthday, Collins died of breast cancer.
The writer had been diagnosed with stage-4 breast cancer more than six years before her death but kept her illness under wraps.
“It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one of a kind mother, Jackie Collins, who died of breast cancer today,” the Collins family said in a statement to People at the time.
The statement continued: “She lived a wonderfully full life and was adored by her family, friends, and the millions of readers who she has been entertaining for over four decades.
“She was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction, and a creative force. She will live on through her characters, but we already miss her beyond words.”
What is Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story?
On Sunday, June 27, Laura Fairrie’s documentary Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story aired on CNN.
The documentary traces the author’s career and meteoric rise to the top of the best-seller lists, while also revealing the personal struggles that shaped her work.
Director Fairrie drew on Collins’ home videos and diaries – while also conducting interviews with her children, close friends, and sister, Joan Collins.
When asked by Variety about how different Collin’s public and private personas were, Fairrie said “Collins stood in such opposition to that public image.”
“The private Jackie Collins stood in such opposition to that public image. I went through her archives, which were extensive, to start finding the layers and find the woman whose story is a universal story.
“Her storytelling is absolutely brilliant,” Fairrie said.
Fairrie added: “She imagined the world that she wanted to inhabit as a woman. She imagined the female characters that she’d like to be. But it’s also grounded in reality.
“She took her own experiences. She took the tough times that she observed other woman having and her mother having and she put that all in her books, but then she changed the endings to be what she wanted.
“There’s always a brilliant imaginary ending where the women come out on top or the tables get turned or the men get their comeuppance. I think women really enjoyed that aspect of her books.”
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How can I watch Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story?
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story aired Sunday, June 27 on CNN.
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