American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author (1913-1984).
Born February 27th, 1913 in South Bronx. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1984 at 71 years old in Davos (cancer). [ref]
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson