REVERSE WHITE TEXT IN BLACK CAPTION BOX: Richard Burton Matheson, Feb 20, 1926-June 23, 2013.
Richard Matheson inspired many writers with his insatiable appetite for horror stories.
RICHARD Matheson, the prolific American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, much of whose work has been adapted for TV and cinema, died on on Sunday, aged 87. Cited by Stephen King as the biggest influence on his own work, Matheson sent shivers down the spines of readers and viewers for decades, with such unusual novels and stories as The Incredible Shrinking Man and the much-filmed I Am Legend.
