Skip to content
Obituaries
Link copied to clipboard

Richard Matheson | 'I Am Legend' author, 87

Richard Matheson, 87, the prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer whose I Am Legend and The Shrinking Man were transformed into films, died Sunday in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films said.

Richard Matheson, the prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer whose "I Am Legend" and "The Shrinking Man" were transformed into films, has died. He was 87.
Richard Matheson, the prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer whose "I Am Legend" and "The Shrinking Man" were transformed into films, has died. He was 87.Read more
    Inquirer
    Published 

Richard Matheson, 87, the prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer whose I Am Legend and The Shrinking Man were transformed into films, died Sunday in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films said.

No other details were provided.

Several of Mr. Matheson's works were adapted into movies, including Hell House and What Dreams May Come.

Mr. Matheson was also responsible for writing several episodes of The Twilight Zone.

His installments included "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which featured William Shatner as an airplane passenger who spots a creature on the plane's wing.

Matheson's sci-fi vampire novel I Am Legend inspired three film adaptations: 1964's The Last Man on Earth, 1971's Omega Man, and 2007's I Am Legend. - AP

    Inquirer