JACKIE COLLINS

2022 - 8 - 2

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Jackie Collins: Star's 'foolish' decision not to get cancer symptom ... (Daily Express)

JACKIE COLLINS sadly passed away back in 2015, two weeks before her 78th birthday due to breast cancer. Despite the novelist and younger sister to Dame Joan ...

I've had to deal with losing my mother (to breast cancer), my husband (to prostate cancer) and my fiancé (to lung cancer) and I did not want to put pressure on everybody in the family. For cancer that is detected early, it can be treated before it spreads to other parts of the body. Although a lump may not indicate cancer, it is always best to have them checked. It is a similar thing that daddy did with mummy when she had cancer. My motto was: ‘Always look on the bright side.’ I always thought she would beat it.” In a 2021 documentary Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story, which is airing again tonight (Tuesday, August 2) on BBC Two, Jackie’s friends and family narrate the untold story of the groundbreaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire.

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Jackie Collins' trailblazing life - sexy books to relationship with Joan ... (Irish Mirror)

Jackie Collins lived an impressive life and inspired generations of fans. Her sister Joan Collins may have overshadowed her on screen, but Jackie's books ...

“She was a perfect sister.... She said: “She had such a wild sense of humour. She was a free spirit. I miss Jackie because, first of all, even though we were not necessarily close physically a lot of the time – she was in LA when I was in London – we would call each other all the time and before that we'd send letters. Before that, in England, I was always Joan's little sister. "I was lucky to have made it in America before Joan hit it in Dynasty. What I love about Joan is that she's one of the great survivors.

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Who are Jackie Collins' daughters Tracy, Tiffany and Rory?... (The Sun)

JACKIE Collins will always be remembered for her raunchy books that put steamy novels on the map.Sadly she passed away in 2015, leaving behind her thr.

"She’d kept this extraordinary, beautiful archive of letters, scrapbooks, photos and videos. In fact she was given the all clear just days before her mum passed away from this type of cancer. "She’d written it like a Jackie Collins novel and she was one of the characters – it was gripping."

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Jackie Collins Life Guide Sexy Books For Relationships With Joan ... (NewsCtrls)

Joan Collins, her success in film and TV · Joseph Williams Collins a talent agent · Banned in Australia and South Africa · Laura Fairey, director of Lady Boss · “ ...

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Laura explained: “It was amazing to hold these diaries and see a very personal story through the eyes of a very young woman trying to make it in the world. It was eventually banned in Australia and South Africa, although it was a huge hit in the UK and USA. Fellow romantic novelist Barbara Cartland called the book “nasty, filthy and disgusting”. Said and accused Jackie of “creating every pervert in Britain”. While her sister was rocking the big screen, Jackie pursued a career in literature, helping to define a generation in the process.

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