Oscar winning writer of 'Dances With Wolves' novel dies

Michael Blake (right) with Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson at the 1991 Oscars. Michael Blake, who wrote the novel Dances With Wolves.Blake's most famous work, 'Dances With Wolves,' came at the urging of Costner, whom Blake befriended when he was a relatively unknown actor. Blake spent the next several years living out his car and on friends' couches while he wrote the novel that would become one of the most successful and well-received movies of the decade.