Best-Selling Author Jackie Collins, Dies of Breast Cancer At 77

 English novelist, Jackie Collins has died aged 77 after a long battle with breast cancer.Jackie who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer more than six years ago but kept her illness almost entirely to herself.

A spokesman for her family said:

'It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one of a kind mother, Jackie Collins, who died of breast cancer today
'She lived a wonderfully full life and was adored by her family, friends and the millions of readers who she has been entertaining for over four decades.
'She was a true inspiration, a trail blazer for women in fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters but we already miss her beyond words.' 

The best-selling author (left), who is the sister of actress Joan Collins (right)

 In an interview with People magazine five days ago from her Beverly Hills home,she said:
'Looking back, I'm not sorry about anything I did.

'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 traveled 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.' 

Collins,also appeared on Loose Women in London just nine days before her death

Sir Roger Moore, Sandra Bullock and Oprah were among the celebrities who paid tribute yesterday evening.

The best-selling author had spoken to her three daughters Tracy, 54, Tiffany, 48, and Rory, 46, about her illness.