NEW YORK (AP) -- Olivia Goldsmith, a best-selling novelist whose book "First Wives Club" was made into a movie starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, has died. She was 54.Goldsmith had been in a coma since last Wednesday after complications resulting from anesthesia during plastic surgery, according to her lawyer, Steven Mintz. She died at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on Thursday, he said.
What a waste. I have read a few of Olivia Goldsmith's books and they were pretty entertaining. It is a shame her life was cut short in the pursuit of agelessness.
Posted by peninah at January 16, 2004 03:31 PMMama Cass died choking on a sandwich.
Those who live by the sword...
Posted by: Benevolent Dictator at January 17, 2004 09:24 PMI think the Mama Cass thing is an urban legend. She had a heart attack. http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mamacass.htm. But your words still ring true.
Posted by: peninah at January 18, 2004 08:14 AM