Poetic Obituaries: Although he [Jack Palance] enjoyed raising cattle,

he was a vegetarian who had painted abstract landscapes since the 1950s, loved trees and wrote poetry. He wrote and illustrated a book with the non-villainous title of "The Forest of Love: A Love Story in Blank Verse" that was published in 1996.

from Los Angeles Times: Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance dies

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