Sidney Sheldon dead at 89
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:29 am
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/01/30/s ... index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6315875.stm
The best-selling American novelist, playwright and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon has died aged 89.
He died of complications from pneumonia at hospital near Palm Springs, California, his publicist said.
He had a career writing award-winning Broadway plays and Hollywood film scripts before turning to novel-writing at the age of 50.
His books - such as Rage of Angels and The Other Side of Midnight - were best sellers but did not win over critics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6315875.stm
The best-selling American novelist, playwright and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon has died aged 89.
He died of complications from pneumonia at hospital near Palm Springs, California, his publicist said.
He had a career writing award-winning Broadway plays and Hollywood film scripts before turning to novel-writing at the age of 50.
His books - such as Rage of Angels and The Other Side of Midnight - were best sellers but did not win over critics.
