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Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Multi-talented entertainer, writer, and author Sidney Sheldon has died at age 89 of complications from pneumonia.
Sheldon, who was born on Feb. 11, 1917 in Chicago, left for Los Angeles at the age of 17 to pursue his career as a script writer. He won an Academy Award for best original screenplay in 1948 for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer." He also gained recognition for his hit television show, "I Dream of Jeannie," which aired from 1965-1970.
After a successful career which included writing works for both Broadway and Hollywood, Sheldon decided to pursue a career as an author at the age of 50. Sheldon, whose books have been published in at least 108 countries and translated into 51 languages, was the world's most translated author, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Sheldon often said he preferred writing novels to writing for television or film. In an interview posted on his website, Sheldon declared, "Writing novels is the most exciting," adding that, "You don't describe the rooms because the best set decorators in Hollywood are going to be doing those rooms. In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process."
Sheldon is survived by his wife Alexandra Kostoff, a former child actress and advertising executive, his daughter, author Mary Sheldon; his brother Richard and two grandchildren.
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