"<a href=""http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/25/showbiz/richard-matheson-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t3"">Richard Matheson</a>, an American science-fiction writer best known for his novel ""I Am Legend,""  died June 23 at age 87. During a career that spanned more than 60 years, Matheson wrote more than 25 novels and nearly 100 short stories, plus screenplays for TV and film."
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