R.I.P. Erich Segal and Robert B. Parker

This week marks the passing of two very different and well known authors.

“What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died?” is the moving opening sentence from Love Story, the popular 1970 novel by Erich Segal, which also had great success as a film. I've read the book and seen the movie- yes, they are tear-jerkers, and yes I cried. Segal died Sunday, January 17. For more, read the New York Times article "Erich Segal, ‘Love Story’ Author, Dies at 72".

And mystery author Robert B. Parker passed away on Monday, January 18. He died at his desk while working on his next book. Parker created the hard boiled P.I. Spenser (no first name) who appeared in nearly 40 novels. Further details are in the New York Times article "Robert B. Parker, the Prolific Writer Who Created Spenser, Is Dead at 77".