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Ray Bradbury dies; sci-fi master authored ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ ‘Martian Chronicles’

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The imaginative and prolific author wrote some of the most popular science-fiction books of all time, including "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451."

Bradbury, shown in 2000, received a special Pulitzer Prize citation in 2007 "for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy." He penned more than 500 titles, including novels, plays and children's books. Jonathan Alcorn/The Washington Post

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