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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been 50 years since the late author Peter Benchley introduced us to "Jaws," a fictional man-eating great white shark that ...

For millions, “Jaws” mania never really waned, and no one knows that better than Wendy Benchley, whose late husband Peter wrote the 1974 thriller. Although this weekend’s 50-year anniversary of the ...

During a two-year timeframe in the mid-1970s, author Peter Benchley’s creation “Jaws” dominated the New York Times bestseller list and became Hollywood’s first summer blockbuster. His modern-day “Moby ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers, has died at age 65. Wendy Benchley, who was married to the author for 41 years, says her husband died last night at ...

“The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail.” Author Peter Benchley’s first line to his 1974 bestseller “Jaws” ignited a phenomenon that led ...

NEW YORK — Peter Benchley, whose novel Jaws terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said today.

Peter Benchley, 65, the author and conservationist who wrote "Jaws," the shark-attack novel that became a classic movie and provided a nation with thrills, chills and recurring nightmares, died Feb.

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(New York-AP) February 13, 2006 - Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, ...

Peter Benchley, who lived in Princeton for over three decades until his 2006 death, wrote one of the most successful debut novels of all time, "Jaws," published in 1974. The movie of the same name ...

It's been 50 years since the late author Peter Benchley introduced us to "Jaws," a fictional man-eating great white shark that terrorized the summer resort village of Amity, Long Island, and our ...