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Author, Cartoonist Silverstein Dies

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Shel Silverstein, the author of such acclaimed 
children's books as ``A Light in the Attic'' and ``Where the Sidewalk Ends,'' 
was found dead at his home early today. He was 66. Silverstein was born in 
Chicago and began his career as a writer and cartoonist for Playboy in 1952. 
He was discovered in his bedroom. The cause of death was not immediately 
known.
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