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Sidney Sheldon was an American author whose professional career spanned from 1937 until his death on January 30, 2007. Born on February 11, 1917, he produced a body of work that includes titles such as *El Amo Del Juego/Masters of the Game*, *Shiḳui ha-ʻotsmah*, *Kavod mishpaḥti*, and *Best Sellers*.
His literary output is cataloged with 405 works in Open Library records, while Crossref lists five associated works. Sheldon has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. His name appears in 408 other encyclopedia articles, and his music has accumulated 8,001 plays from 172 listeners on Last.fm.
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- human
- Given name
- Sidney
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Rancho Mirage
- Occupation
- researcher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Genre
- romance
- Conflict
- World War II
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- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1917-02-11
- date of death
- 2007-01-30
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- bipolar disorder
- name in native language
- Sidney Sheldon
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Sidney Sheldon
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Sidney Schechtel
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Encyclopedic overview
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980).
Sheldon's novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages. He is consistently cited as one of the top 10 best-selling fiction writers of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sidney Sheldon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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