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Oliver Barrett 4th was modeled on both Mr. Gore and his college roommate, the actor Tommy Lee Jones
'''''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]].
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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