Jackie Collins: 'I Did It My Way'
People magazine West Coast editor Lizz Leonard teases what turned out to be the author's final interview.
People magazine West Coast editor Lizz Leonard conducted the last interview with Jackie Collins. It took place Sept. 14 at the author’s Beverly Hills home.
The full interview feature will be in the next issue of the magazine, arriving Friday. During the conversation, the bestselling author, who passed away this weekend at age 77, framed her battle with breast cancer as follows:
“I did it my way, as Frank Sinatra would say. I’ve written five books since the diagnosis, I’ve lived my life, I’ve travelled all over the world, I have not turned down book tours and no one has ever known until now when I feel as though I should come out with it,” said Collins, whose treatments over the years included a lumpectomy, radiation and various drug courses and combinations.
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