Bridwell, Norman
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Birthname | Norman Ray Bridwell | ||||
born on | 15 February 1928 at 13:45 (= 1:45 PM ) | ||||
Place | Kokomo, Indiana, 40n29, 86w08 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Norman Bridwell (in 2011, holding a copy of the first "Clifford the Big Red Dog" book)
photo: Stuart Ramson/InsiderImages for Scholastic, license cc-by-2.0
photo: Stuart Ramson/InsiderImages for Scholastic, license cc-by-2.0
Biography
American author and cartoonist best known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books. His story of a young girl and a horse-sized bloodhound spawned over 40 best-selling Clifford books, two television series, merchandise, a live musical and a live-action film that's in development.
Bridwell's other successful books include The Witch Next Door and A Tiny Family. There are over 126 million copies of his books in print in 13 languages.
Bridwell died of heart failure at 86 on 12 December 2014 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 86)
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
- Vocation : Writers : Children's literature
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
Categories:
- 1928 births
- Birthday 15 February
- Birthplace Kokomo, IN (US)
- Sun 25 Aquarius
- Moon 18 Sagittarius
- Asc 14 Cancer
- 2014 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Art : Cartoonist
- Vocation : Writers : Children's literature
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction