Ray Bradbury Dead at 91

Sci-fi legend and prolific author Ray Bradbury died this morning in Los Angeles, his family tells io9. He was 91. Bradbury was born in Illinois in 1920 and published his first collection of short stories in 1947. His now-classic Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953, and since then Bradbury wrote more than 30 books, several hundred short stories, an Emmy-winning teleplay, and an Oscar-nominated script. Bradbury's most recent book was 2007's Now and Forever, a collection of previously unreleased novellas.

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