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Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson, American fiction writer (1926 - 2013), joins the Shrine archive with a restrained authority-backed profile.

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Life, work & what’s documented

Richard Matheson was born on 1926-02-20. Authority records identify Richard Matheson as American fiction writer (1926 - 2013). GND career terms include Schriftsteller, Journalist, Drehbuchautor, Amerikan. Journalist und Autor von Science-Fiction-Romanen und Drehbüchern.

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Authority records identify Richard Matheson as American fiction writer (1926 - 2013). GND career terms include Schriftsteller, Journalist, Drehbuchautor, Amerikan. Journalist und Autor von Science-Fiction-Romanen und Drehbüchern.

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Age 87 at death. Age context is factual and is not a health or mortality claim.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunPisces 1.1°

MoonGemini 12.4°

MercuryPisces 4.8°

VenusAquarius 11.6°

MarsCapricorn 8.0°

JupiterAquarius 10.7°

SaturnScorpio 25.9°

UranusPisces 24.1°

NeptuneLeo 23.2°

PlutoCancer 12.8°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated date based. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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Sources & provenance

Library of Congress authority recordLibrary of Congress / 2026-08-31 / identity / confidence: highSupports stable identity, birth year, death year.
German National Library via lobid GND authority recordGerman National Library via lobid GND / 2026-08-31 / identity / confidence: highSupports stable identity, birth year, death year, career classification.

Restrained authority-backed profile from post-210 package 4dc14a55e67dd39989cb1f5a8b2e2a65d080844a2464d900def514ac02d7f254. The research package did not clear an image, so the approved polished no-image presentation is used.

Research last updated 2026-08-31.

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