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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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Birth: | 21st February, 1927 |
Death: | 22nd April, 1996 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Columnist, Humorist, Writer |
Erma Louise Bombeck was born in Bellbrook, Ohio, USA. She was an American humorist, columnist, and writer who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. She also published 15 books, most of which became bestsellers. From 1965 to 1996, she wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns. By the 1970s, her columns were read twice-weekly by 30 million readers of the 900 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. She graduated in 1949 with a degree in English. She was also writing for Good Housekeeping Magazine, Reader's Digest, Family Circle, Redbook, McCall's, and even Teen magazine. She wrote several books include: At Wit's End, The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, Aunt Erma's Cope Book, Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, and A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair.
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