"Bradbury died peacefully, last night, in Los Angeles, after a lengthy illness," HarperCollins said in a written statement.
91 is a pretty good innings by any standards and during that time Bradbury left a massive footprint that will leave him truly immortal. Bradbury received the
2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to
American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts and a 2007 Pulitzer
Prize Special Citation.
Bradbury lived in Los
Angeles since his family moved there from his native Waukegan, Illinois,
to look for work during the Great Depression.He is survived by his
four daughters, Susan Nixon, Ramona Ostergren, Bettina Karapetian and
Alexandra Bradbury, and eight grandchildren. His wife of 57 years,
Marguerite, died in 2003.The biography released
by his publisher quoted a story in which Bradbury recounted meeting a
carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. Electrico touched the
12-year-old Bradbury with his sword and commanded, "Live forever!"
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Something Wicked is a favorite, as is The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451. I could go on and on.
He was an early influence, among so many others, on a young mind discovering the joys of reading.
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