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Michael Crichton dies at 66; bestselling author of 'Jurassic Park' and other thrillers
When Michael Crichton was attending Harvard Medical School in the late 1960s, he had a secret life that he kept hidden from his fellow students: To pay his tuition bills, he began writing paperback thrillers in his spare time under two pseudonyms.
By Dennis McLellan
November 6, 2008
