In Los Angeles, of a heart attack. The author of immortal titles like The Carpetbaggers and The Betsy got his start writing in 1948 by betting a fellow Universal studio executive he could turn out something better than the trash that was coming over the transom. The result was a bestseller and hit movie, Never Love a Stranger.
Passage: Harold Robbins, 81
In Los Angeles, of a heart attack. The author of immortal titles like The Carpetbaggers and The Betsy got his start writing in 1948 by betting a fellow Universal studio executive he could turn out something better than the trash that was coming over the transom. The result was a bestseller and hit movie, Never Love a Stranger.
