Jackie Collins, novelist who wrote of Hollywood’s glamorous side, dies at 77
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Jackie Collins, the best-selling British-born author known for her vibrant novels about the extravagance and glamour of life in Hollywood, died Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 77.