| Birth Day | February 11, 1917 |
| Birth Place | Chicago, IL |
| Sidney Sheldon age | 103 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Jan 30, 2007 (age 89) |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
American television Writer who created such popular TV series as I Dream of Jeannie, The
He sold his first poem at the age of ten, and went on to attend East High School in Denver, Colorado. He later graduated from Northwestern University.
He wrote his first novel, The Naked Face, when he was forty-nine years old and quickly became one of the world's top selling authors.
He divorced his first wife, Jane Kaufman Harding, after three years of marriage. He remained married, however, to second wife Jorja Curtright from 1951 until her death in 1985. Finally, Alexandra Kostoff was Sheldon's wife from 1989 until his death at age eighty-nine. He had a daughter named Mary.
Edgar Rice Burroughs was also a famous Illinois-born author.
