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Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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Waukegan
Illinois
Ray Douglas Bradbury
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