Erich Segal, who wrote the 1970 screenplay and novel that all Harvard students come to love or hate (but mostly mock, thanks to Crimson Key’s traditional freshman week weekend showing), has passed away at the age of 72. Love Story was the first (and last) movie to be filmed on Harvard’s campus. May generations of frosh continue to enjoy the delight (and tragedy?) that is Jenny Whatsherface and Oliver Barrett IV.

A fun little snippet from the Washington Post–

“In 1997, he disputed a rumor that “Love Story” was based on the college romance between Al and Tipper Gore. He did acknowledge that he had known Al Gore and his Harvard roommate, actor Tommy Lee Jones, in 1968 and drew on their lives for the central male character of “Love Story,” Oliver Barrett IV.”

REALLY?!