Via CNN

Los Angeles (CNN) โ€” Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, whose imagination yielded classic books such as โ€œFahrenheit 451,โ€ โ€œThe Martian Chroniclesโ€ and โ€œSomething Wicked This Way Comes,โ€ has died at 91, his publisher said Wednesday.
Bradbury โ€œdied peacefully, last night, in Los Angeles, after a lengthy illness,โ€ the HarperCollins statement said.

Iโ€™m lost for words. He never was. Thank you, Mr. Bradbury.