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He was born in Waukegan, Illinois. He was the third son.
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Ray Bradbury's family was moving back and fourh from Waukegan and Tucson, Arizona.
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He began writing his own stories on butcher paper.
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Ray bradbury and his family moved to Los Angeles, California. Thats were he attened high school and planned to become an actor.
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Ray Bradbury graduated from high school in 1938.
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first published short story was "Hollerbochen's Dilemma," in 1938
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Susan, was born in 1949.
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Devoted all his time to writing in 1943
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Ray Bradbury was a full time writer untill the day he died, but his books will always be rememeberd.
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1946, he met his future wife, Marguerite McClure. She was graduate from George Washington High School in 1941 and UCLA, "Maggie" (her nickname) was working in a book shop when they met.
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First collection, Dark Carnival, published in 1947
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Marries Maggie McClure in 1947 they were married in the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Los Angeles.
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The Martian Chronicles published in 1950
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Ramona was born in 1951.
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Fahrenheit 451 published in 1953
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He was awarded the Benjamin Franklin award in 1954
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Bettina was born in 1955.
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Dandelion Wine publish in 1957
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Alexandra was born in 1958.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes published in 1962
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I Sing the Body Electric published in 1969
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"Ray Bradbury Theater" ran from 1986 until 1992 which allowed him to show movies of his own stories.
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On his 80th birthday on August 2000, Bradbury said, “The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.”
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Awarded National Book Foundation Medal in 2000
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He was taken from his home in 2001
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In 2002, he talked at UCLA’s Royce Hall during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
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Bradbury's wife dies.
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He won the National Medal of Arts in 2004
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He died June 5th, 2012
