Jackie Collins Collins later stated that she was never consulted during production and that she did not agree with some of the casting choices. She then went on to write the sequel to "Chances", titled "Lucky" (1985), followed by "Hollywood Husbands" (1986) and "Rock Star" (1988). In 1990, Collins published her third Lucky Santangelo novel, "Lady Boss", and wrote and co-produced the television miniseries "Lucky Chances", which combined her first two Lucky Santangelo novels and starred Nicollette Sheridan (in the lead role) and Sandra Bullock. In 1992, Collins was widowed when her husband of 26 years, Oscar Lerman, died of cancer. Around
Jackie Collins this time, she wrote and produced another miniseries based on the "Lady Boss" novel, with Kim Delaney playing the lead role. Collins' run of best-sellers continued with "American Star" (1993), "Hollywood Kids" (1994), and the fourth Santangelo novel, "" (1996). She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1993, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel. In 1998, she made a foray into talk show television with the series "Jackie Collins' Hollywood", but this was unsuccessful. She also published the novel "Thrill" (1998) and wrote a four-part series of mini-novels, called "L.A. Connections", to be released in a