| Birth: | May 8, 1940 | | Death: | Feb. 11, 2006 | 
Author. Wrote numerous novels of which some ("Beast," "The Island," "The Deep") became major motion pictures or made-for-television films, but it was his 1974 novel "Jaws" and its subsequent blockbuster film which scared millions world-wide into staying out of the water. He had since become a leading advocate for shark conservation, encouraging the protection of the great white shark that was the villian in his book. (bio by: Brian Macdonald)
Cause of death: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Record added: Feb 12, 2006
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