Jackie Collins:1937-2015
Jackie Collins arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Collins, died in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, of breast cancer. She was 77.
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Jackie Collins arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala honoring Paul McCartney on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Los Angeles.
Collins began publishing novels in the late 1960s and put out several in the 1970s but had her breakthrough and became a celebrity in her own right with 1983's "Hollywood Wives." It sold more than 15 million copies, led to sequels and became a hit TV miniseries.
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Jackie Collins arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala & Salute to Industry Icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The bestselling author penned dozens of novels including "Hollywood Wives" that dramatized the lives of the rich and treacherous.
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Author Jackie Collins, sister of actress Joan Collins, holds her first book, "The World Is Full Of Married Men," at her apartment in London.
She began publishing novels in the late 1960s and put out several in the 1970s but had her breakthrough and became a celebrity in her own right with 1983's "Hollywood Wives."
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Author Jackie Collins poses with her books at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. Collins, on July 19, 1984.
The prolific author wrote 32 books, which all made The New York Times' best-sellers list, ETOnline.com reported.
Famous Sisters
Actress Joan Collins, right, poses with her sister, author Jackie Collins at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2009. Jackie Collins, died in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, of breast cancer. She was 77.
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Jackie Collins kicks off a ladies only poker tournament during the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 8, 2008.
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Jackie Collins arrives to the funeral mass of entertainment mogul Merv Griffin in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday Aug. 17, 2007.
Collins died of breast cancer at age 77 on Sept. 19, 2015.
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Jackie Collins arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011.
Collins, who died at age 77 on Seprt. 19, 2015, was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer more than six years ago but chose to keep her battle against the illness private.
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Jackie Collins arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011.
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Author Jackie Collins poses at a screening of the film "Midnight in Paris," on May 18, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Collins just released her 28th book, "Goddess of Vengeance."
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Jackie Collins during an appearance on "CBS This Morning," February 28, 2012.
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Author Jackie Collins attends the Cinema Society premiere of "I Don't Know How She Does It," in New York, on Sept. 12, 2011.
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Author Jackie Collins and actress Sydney Tamala Poitier pose Thursday together April 12, 2007, in Los Angeles with Collins' 25th novel "Drop Dead Beautiful."
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Jackie Collins poses during a book-signing appearance at a Barnes & Noble in New York on Feb. 7, 2006. She was promoting her new Tinseltown pot-boiler is "Lovers And Players."
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Robin Givens, Farrah Fawcett, Jackie Collins (author), Jack Scalia and Melissa Gilbert star in "Jackie Collins'
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation."
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Author Jackie Collins arrives at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party in West Hollywood, Calif. The bestselling author, died of breast cancer on Sept. 19, 2015, at age 77. According to her website, Collins is survived by three adult daughters, her sister, actress Joan Collins, and a brother.