Richard Matheson

American fiction writer (1926–2013).

Born February 20th, 1926 in Allendale.

Died June 23rd, 2013 at 87 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Occupations
novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon