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I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.

Sidney Sheldon

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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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