'Love Story' scribe Segal dies, aged 72

Erich Segal, author of the novel Love Story, has died at the age of 72.

The writer died of a heart attack on Sunday in London, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Segal's book was the basis for the 1970 hit film Love Story, starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the screenplay.

The novelist was also a classics scholar who taught at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Oxford. He further co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 Beatles movie Yellow Submarine.

Segal's daughter said that he suffered from Parkinson's disease for 25 years.