Author Michael Crichton Dies Of Cancer
by Lynn Neary, NPRNovember 6, 2008
The master of the "techno thriller," Michael Crichton, has died at the age of 66. He was battling cancer. Crichton was best known for scary stories of science gone wrong in popular books like The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park.
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