The legacy of “Jaws” lives forever for Wendy Benchley. Benchley, the widow of “Jaws” author Peter Benchley and an executive ...

The interview with 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley was published June 17, 2000, in the Cape Cod Times. Benchley died in 2006.

The Jaws novel differs significantly from the movie, with more gore and horror elements. Mayor Vaughn's negligence in the book is connected to the mafia, adding a layer of complexity.

Fifty years after her husband's book, the matriarch of the Benchley family talks about Jaws' legacy of shark protection.

June 26 also features a Q&A with Wendy Benchley, wife of 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley and ocean conservation advocate, and ...

Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, the 1975 film was one of the first summer blockbusters. Another "Jaws" character influenced a generation of fishermen: Quint.

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 Sunday.

PETER BENCHLEY: The ocean is the largest wilderness on the planet, and it is right at our backdoor. And while we would no more go into the jungle dressed in a bathing suit and carrying with us ...

Peter Benchley, who wrote the book "Jaws" 30 years ago, points at a Scalloped Hammerhead shark as a Galapagos shark swims in background at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's new "Sharks: Myth and Mystery ...

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 ...

Peter Benchley, who wrote the book "Jaws," points at a Scalloped Hammerhead shark as a Galapagos shark swims in background at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's new "Sharks: Myth and Mystery" exhibit in ...