**FILE**Aldous Huxley, British novelist, and his bride of eight days, Laura, are pictured in their home in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 27, 1956. They married in Yuma, Ariz. Huxley's widow, who preserved his legacy for nearly half a century after his death while authoring her own books and continuing his exploration of human potential, has died. She was 96. She died from cancer on Thursday night, Dec. 13, 2007, at her Hollywood Hills home, said Karen Pfeiffer, her legal ward, (AP Photo)