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'''''Love Story''''' is a cloyingly sweet, yet sad, novel of college romance by [[Erich Segal]]. | '''''Love Story''''' is a cloyingly sweet, yet sad, novel of college romance by [[Erich Segal]]. | ||
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| + | The male romantic lead character was based on an amalgam of two real life college roommates, [[Al Gore]] and [[Tommy Lee Jones]].<ref>Mr. Segal said: The character of the preppy Harvard hockey player Oliver Barrett 4th was modeled on both Mr. Gore and his college roommate, the actor Tommy Lee Jones. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801EED9163FF937A25751C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 (New York Times] </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:57, March 15, 2008
Love Story is a cloyingly sweet, yet sad, novel of college romance by Erich Segal.
The male romantic lead character was based on an amalgam of two real life college roommates, Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Mr. Segal said: The character of the preppy Harvard hockey player Oliver Barrett 4th was modeled on both Mr. Gore and his college roommate, the actor Tommy Lee Jones. (New York Times