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According to the article, he passed away yesterday. Another one of the great ones gone. RIP.
1 posted on 06/24/2013 3:06:29 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

He had it coming.

Good for him.

Rest in Peace.


2 posted on 06/24/2013 3:09:55 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad; Aevery_Freeman; ShadowAce; Jack Hydrazine; Altariel; nuancey; Thorliveshere; ...

Author of “I Am Legend”


3 posted on 06/24/2013 3:11:39 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

I read many of his books like I AM ALONE and stories. Many were made into TWILIGHT ZONE scripts.


4 posted on 06/24/2013 3:13:14 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

RIP, but his passing really doesn’t rise to the level of ‘Breaking News’ around here.


5 posted on 06/24/2013 3:13:39 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Demand Common Sense Nut Control.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

One of the giants. RIP.


11 posted on 06/24/2013 3:19:42 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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So many memories. RIP Mr. Matheson.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558577/

I almost feel ill when I see the movie “Duel” is on TV. Until I see that it's the original, I can't fight the feeling that some idiots tried to remake it.

12 posted on 06/24/2013 3:23:33 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

He wrote “Somewhere in Time” which was made into one of my favorite movies, with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. It feature a gorgeous score by John Barry that used Rachmaninoff themes.


13 posted on 06/24/2013 3:26:55 PM PDT by Misterioso (It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - Duke Ellington)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

RIP.


14 posted on 06/24/2013 3:30:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
One of the greats-- wrote both the novel and the film script for "The Incredible Shrinking Man," wrote 14 episodes of the original "Twilight Zone" series, wrote the scripts for all of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films, and much more. His entry in The Encyclopedia of Science fiction is here.

His very first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," is one of the great SF stories of all time.

15 posted on 06/24/2013 3:35:38 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows

He was legendary.


16 posted on 06/24/2013 3:37:50 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

He also wrote one of my favorite ST TOS episodes: “The Enemy Within”.

RIP

Regards,


23 posted on 06/24/2013 4:20:45 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid (Sic narro nos totus!)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Wow! The news spent the last two days talking about actor James Gandolfini, but I haven’t heard a word about the passing of Matheson, arguably one of the most important writers in his genre.


25 posted on 06/24/2013 4:54:29 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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