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Nov. 12, 2008 / 10:14 AM

TCM taps Bradbury as guest programmer

VAN99111202 -12 NOVEMBER 1999 - VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA: Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, shown at Vancouver's Granville Island during a 1995 Writer's Festival, is recovering from a stroke at his Palm Springs home according to a November 12, 1999 report by Daily Variety. Seventy-nine-year-old Bradbury, known for science fiction classics Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, lost partial use of his right side in the stroke but is expected to make a full recovery according to long time friend John Dayton. hr/H. Ruckemann UPI

VAN99111202 -12 NOVEMBER 1999 - VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA: Science fiction author Ray Bradbury, shown at Vancouver's Granville Island during a 1995 Writer's Festival, is recovering from a stroke at his Palm Springs home according to a November 12, 1999 report by Daily Variety. Seventy-nine-year-old Bradbury, known for science fiction classics Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, lost partial use of his right side in the stroke but is expected to make a full recovery according to long time friend John Dayton. hr/H. Ruckemann UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. author Ray Bradbury has agreed to be November's guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies, the channel announced.

Each month, TCM invites a celebrity to pick a few favorite movies and share with viewers what he or she has come to love about each one.

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The 88-year-old "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and "Fahrenheit 451" author is scheduled to join TCM host Robert Osborne Nov. 20 for this month's guest programmer movie showcase.

The films Bradbury selected are the 1925 version of "The Phantom of the Opera," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Rebecca" and "Citizen Kane."

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