Michael Crichton’s Hollywood legacy
By Rachel Abramowitz
Its hard to imagine modern-day Hollywood without provocative potboiler author
In his spare time, the 6-foot-9 author who could churn out 10,000 words a day, tackled the murky politics of sexual harassment (Disclosure), questionable Japanese business practices (Rising Sun), and created ER, one of the most popular television series of all time. Hes probably the only person in America ever to have a No. 1 book, No. 1 movie and No. 1 TV show all at the same time. (Jim Cooper / AP)