Read more Michael Crichton stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35783/michael-crichton.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:07:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72757/highest-earning-dead-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe stars on Forbes ' annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities number, appropriately, 13. To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year. This year's list is notably missing former mainstays Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Steve McQueen, and puts...http://www.newser.com/story/72757/highest-earning-dead-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55417/two-more-crichton-novels-to-be-released.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Crichton fans will have at least two posthumous releases to look forward to, the New York Times reports. The late author left behind a completed 17th-century adventure yarn called Pirate Latitudes that publisher HarperCollins plans to release this November, and the company is seeking an author to finish a...http://www.newser.com/story/55417/two-more-crichton-novels-to-be-released.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 7:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44453/nbc-flatlines-er.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNBC will pull the plug on ER ’s 15-season run with a March 12 series finale, reports Access Hollywood. The long-running medical drama, created by the late Michael Crichton, will be replaced by Kings —a series chronicling the life of King David in modern times and starring Deadwood's Ian McShane.http://www.newser.com/story/44453/nbc-flatlines-er.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Dec 2008 4:52:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41867/crichton-was-master-craftsman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Crichton's seemingly endless output may not be literature (a statement the late Crichton himself might take issue with), but don't discount the "fine craftsmanship" they entailed, writes Charles McGrath in the New York Times . From Andromeda Strain to Jurassic Park , his "intricately engineered entertainment systems" relied on a simple...http://www.newser.com/story/41867/crichton-was-master-craftsman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Nov 2008 17:30:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41850/crichton-dead-of-cancer-at-66.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJurassic Park author and ER creator Michael Crichton died yesterday at 66 after a battle with cancer, Entertainment Tonight reports. “While the world knew him as a great storyteller," Crichton was "a devoted husband, loving father, and generous friend who inspired,” his family said in a statement. His books, which...http://www.newser.com/story/41850/crichton-dead-of-cancer-at-66.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Nov 2008 12:24:00 CST