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Acclaimed writer, Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, March 2nd, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, titled "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street", hit the market in 1937, changing the face of children's literature forever. It was rejected 27 times before it was finally published by Vanguard Press in 1937.
Following World War 2, Geisel and his first wife Helen moved to La Jolla, California, where he wrote and published several children's books in the coming years, including If I Ran the Zoo and Horton Hears a Who! A major turning point in Geisel's career came when, in response to a 1954 Life magazine article that criticized children's reading levels, Houghton Mifflin and Random House asked him to write a children's primer using 220 vocabulary words. The resulting book, The Cat in the Hat, was published in 1957 and was described by one critic as a "tour de force." The success of The Cat in the Hat cemented Geisel's place in children's literature.
In the following years, Geisel wrote many more books, both in his new simplified-vocabulary style and using his older, more elaborate technique, and including such favorites as Green Eggs and Ham and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966). In 1966, with the help of eminent & longtime cartoonist, Chuck Jones, The Grinch was immediately adapted into an animated film & Boris Karloff was the narrator, (& as the evil Grinch, that turned away from its bitterness, as the special begins) of the half-hour Christmas animation special.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss overall was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, some of which have been made into audio-cassettes, animated television specials, and videos for people of all ages. Even after his death in Autumn of 1991, Dr. Seuss continues to be the best-selling author of children's books in the world. Following the death of his first wife Helen Geisel in 1967, Geisel wed Audrey Geisel, who remained his wife until his death on Tuesday, September 24th, 1991, at the age of 87 years 6 months and 22 days. His full life-time was 31,982 days, equaling 4,568 weeks & 6 days.- Mary Lawrence was born on 17 May 1918 in Lorain, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for A Cry in the Night (1956), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) and General Electric Theater (1953). She was married to Samuel Doak Young Sr and Delmer Daves. She died on 24 September 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Bobby Donati was born on 4 October 1940 in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 24 September 1991 in Revere, Massachusetts, USA.
- Olivier Ribay was born on 15 May 1946 in France. He was an actor, known for Le monde était plein de couleurs (1973). He died on 24 September 1991 in Paris, France.
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Robert Guggenheim Jr. was born on 13 August 1910 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 24 September 1991 in Orange, California, USA.- Walter Holetzko was born on 12 July 1914. He was an actor, known for G.P.U. (1942), Anschlag auf Baku (1942) and Pension Spreewitz (1964). He died on 24 September 1991.