'Love Story' author Erich Segal dies at 72

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LONDON — Erich Segal, the author of the hugely popular novel "Love Story," has died of a heart attack, his daughter said Tuesday. He was 72.

Francesca Segal said her father died Sunday at his home in London. She said he had suffered from Parkinson's Disease —a neurological condition that affects movement — for 25 years. His funeral was held in London on Tuesday, she said.

Segal was a Yale classics professor when he gained nationwide fame for the book "Love Story" about a young couple who fall in love, marry and discover she is dying of cancer.

The book was turned into a hit film in 1970, starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. It gained seven Oscar nominations — including one for Segal for writing the screenplay, as well as for best picture, best director and best actor and actress (O'Neal and MacGraw.) It won one Oscar, for best music.

Its most famous line — "Love means never having to say you're sorry" — became a national catch phrase.

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1. Well, that is a shame

I read the hell out of that book.

"What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?"

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2. Just bad news all around lately

Maybe it's the bummer of yesterday but this made me very sad when I saw this story.