She was not on the list.
Jackie Collins, the beloved best-selling novelist, has died.
"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 tells PEOPLE in a
statement.
"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 4 decades. She was a true inspiration, a trail blazer for women in
fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters but we
already miss her beyond words."
Diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer six-and-a-half years
ago, Collins, 77, chose to keep her illness almost entirely to herself,
confiding primarily in her three daughters, Tracy, 54, Tiffany, 48, and Rory,
46.
Collins, who sat down with PEOPLE on Sept. 14 at her Beverly
Hills home for what would be her last interview, had no regrets about the
decision to keep her cancer journey private while she embraced a very full life
until her very last days. "Looking back, I'm not sorry about anything I
did," she said during the far-ranging interview that saw her spirited,
warm and utterly at peace.
"I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say. I've
written five books since the diagnosis, I've lived my life, I've travelled all
over the world, I have not turned down book tours and no one has ever known
until now when I feel as though I should come out with it," said Collins,
whose treatments over the years included a lumpectomy, radiation and various
drug courses and combinations.
"Now I want to save other people's lives."
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