Peter Benchley dies at age 65

[Willow]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060213/ca_pr_on_en/bc_obit_benchley

[aaharvel]

yup. author of Jaws. He actually had a cameo in the movie as the TV Newsman.
R.I.P.

[Dennis Gardner]

No disrespect intended, but that photo in your link made him look 95, not 65.

I still remember my whole junior class in highschool took the day off to attend the Jaws premier in a city 70 miles from home. 90% of these kids had never even seen
the ocean, so you can imagine the belief that this was how the beaches were everywhere. Very impactful novel....and film.