Ray Bradbury | 1920 - 2012
Ray Bradbury in 1923 in Waukegan, Ill. “When I was born in 1920,” he said in 2000, “the auto was only 20 years old. Radio didn’t exist. TV didn’t exist. I was born at just the right time to write about all of these things.” (Joshua Odell Editions / Capra Press)
Bradbury is surrounded by toys and treasures in his Beverly Hills office in 1986. (Doug Pizac / Associated Press)
In 2000, Bradbury chatted with The Times about his classic “Dandelion Wine,” which was turned into a popular musical. The production was being reprised at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Charlton Heston was among those at the 80th-birthday bash thrown for Bradbury in 2000 at Burbank’s Colony Theatre. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
In April of 2002, the author speaks at UCLA’s Royce Hall during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
In Venice, Bradbury speaks to a crowd during the city’s 2005 centennial celebration. He told of the Venice apartment he shared with wife Marguerite in the 1940s. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Ray Bradbury delivers a talk at the 2007 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus. (Charley Gallay / Getty Images)
The author signs books during the 2009 L.A. Times Festival of Books at UCLA. (Christina House / For The Times)