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Born in Waukegan, Illinois.
Given the middle name "Douglas," after the actor Douglas Fairbanks.
He was the last out of three sons of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. -
The Bradbury family moved back and forth between Waukegan and Tucson, Arizona between 1926 and 1933.
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He sold newspapers on the steets of LA
He spent his days in the local library, and his nights on the typewriter.
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Bradbury graduated from Los Angeles High School. He was in drama club. He did not go to college.
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He published his first work that was a short story titled, "Pendelum" in the Pulp magazine, Super Science Stories.
He became a full time writer in 1942
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He published, "Dark Carnival" a collection of short stories.
He got maried that year to Margerite McCulre.
They had four children and eight grandchildren
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Based off a Roman and Greek mythology, he published the story collection "The Martian Caronicles"
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After following Yevgeni Zamyatin and Aldous Huzley (anti-Utopian writers) R.B. wrote his best known work, "Farenheit 451"
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A film was made after the book "Farenheit 451," by director 'Francois Truffaut'. It recieved several nominations.
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Ray Bradbury was not happy with this film.
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R.B. had the fear of drivng and flying.
He never learned to drive, and never flew in an airplane until October, 1982 -
"Bradbury 13," was a 13 episode program based on many of his stories by , 'National Public Radio.'
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Bradbury was given the National Medal of Arts and a star on the Hollywood walk of fame at 6644 Hollywood Blvd.
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In his honor, an astroid was named, "9766 Bradbury"
A crater on the moon was named "Dandelion Crater" after Bradbury's novel, "Dandelion Wine" by the Apollo astronaut.
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Bradbury recieved many awards and honors including the World Fantasy Award, the Grand Master Award, and an Emmy Award for 'The Halloween Tree.'
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Age 91, Bradbury died in Los Angelese, California