John Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008)

Born 23 Oct 1942 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Died 4 Nov 2008 at age 66 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Michael Crichton is Notable.

Michael Crichton was an American best-selling author, screenwriter, film director and producer best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres.
His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in U.S. television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure).

Life Events

The oldest of four children born to John Henderson Crichton, a journalist, and Zula Miller, John Michael Crichton was born October 23, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, New York.

Although he earned his MD from the Harvard Medical School in 1969, he preferred to write so spent his time following that occupation. Originally writing pseudonymously, he was to have a number of film and television credits in addition to his 26 novels.
His literary works were usually within the action genre and heavily feature technology. His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature, often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background. He wrote, among other works, The Andromeda Strain (1969); Congo (1980); Sphere (1987); Travels (1988); Jurassic Park (1990); Rising Sun (1992); Disclosure (1994); The Lost World (1995); Airframe (1996); Timeline (1999); Prey (2002); State of Fear (2004); Next (2006), the final book published before his death; Pirate Latitudes (2009), an action adventure novel concerning 17th-century piracy in the Caribbean; Micro, an unfinished techno-thriller which was published in November 2011; and Dragon Teeth, a historical novel set during the "Bone Wars", published worldwide in May 2017.

He was to marry five times, with four of the marriages ending in divorce. There were to be two children, a daughter with his fourth wife, and a son with his fifth wife.

John Michael "Michael" Crichton died on November 4, 2008, of a cancer that had been diagnosed earlier that year. (That he had cancer was not announced to the public until after his death.)

Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia : Michael Crichton
• Wikidata: Item Q172140, en:Wikipedia

• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Michael_Crichton
• http://www.michaelcrichton.com/biography/
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000341/bio
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Crichton
• http://www.debmorrow51.com/12criwm.htm
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 August 2020), memorial page for Michael Crichton (23 Oct 1942–5 Nov 2008), Find A Grave: Memorial #31148971, ; Maintained by Find A Grave. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.