# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-matheson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:35.231Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-matheson"
name: "Richard Matheson"
slug: "richard-matheson"
description: "Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres."
tagline: "American fiction writer (1926–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Matheson_(crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1926-02-20"
deathDate: "2013-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump