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Ray Bradbury Dead: 'Fahrenheit 451' Author Dies At 91

Author Ray Bradbury died this morning in Los Angeles at the age of 91, confirms io9. Bradbury's family and biographer Sam Weller confirmed the news. The author's work spanned genres of science fiction, horror and mystery, and his classic dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451," has been a contested staple of school reading lists since its publication in 1953