Sid Fleischman

American (1920–2010).

Born March 16th, 1920 in New York City, Brooklyn.

Died March 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
biographer, children's writer, novelist, screenwriter, writer
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius