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Shel was born in Chicago,Illinois. his parents were Nathan and Helen Silverstein. he is said to have siblings but its not certain
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He was born in 1930 in Chicago. ANd he dies in 1999 in Keywest Florida
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When he was 12-14 he wanted to be a sports player. Instead he sat inside and wrote stories. He never had many friends because all he did was write he also played guitar.
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He chose to start making a book about all of the places he went. Some places were Spain, Lonodn, Pairs. He went to many more place along the way
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He went to the Univarcity of Illinois for a year but got kicked out due to bad grades. the went to Roosevelt Univarcity for 3 years. After that he was drafted to the Army
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In this year he was drafted to the army, He served in Korea and Japan. He served there for the whole Korean war.
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He became famous for writing poems. Also for writing books. the first thing he did was a cartoonist for the stars and stripes magizine.
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He wront many plays in the late 50's early 60's. One was called: Look Charlie. That was a very famous play in the 60's
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Some of the books he wrote were: The lion who shot back (1963)
The giving tree (1964)
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He wrote a song called "ones on the way".That became very famous at the time. The song was a hit for Loretta Lynn
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Won the Grammy for best contry song in 1969. He also won the Grammy for best children recordin in 1984. The finally he won the best book award in 1981.
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Shel was married to Suzan Hastings. They were married for 5 years. She died in 1975 a few months after their divorce.
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Shortly before her mother died Shoshamna was born. She was born June 30 1970. She dies at the age 11 due to a problem in her brain
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He had his first son in 1984. his name was Matthew. He was born after his sister died.
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Shel died in Keywest, Florida. He died at the age of 68. His death was due to heart failure
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He was found in his house by 2 maids. They weren't sure if he died that day or not. All they know is he died from a heart attack
