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Douglas Adams
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| Mostly Credited As: | Douglas Adams |
| Birth Name: | Douglas Noël Adams |
| Date Of Birth: | March 11, 1952 (Age 49) |
| Country Of Birth: |  United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, England |
| Date Of Death: | May 11, 2001 |
| Cause Of Death: | Heart Attack |
| Height: | 6' 5" (1.95 m) |
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| Jane Belson |
Nov/24/1991 - May/11/2001 |
(His death) (1 child) |
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Douglas Adams was the British author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy "Trilogy," which was actually comprised of five books. His works have been praised since the late 1970s as a new and interesting combination of Sci-Fi and humor, and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which began as a radio show, has been adapted several times into TV shows and movies. He died in 2001 of a heart attack.
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| Douglas Adams worked in 16 episodes from 2 different TV shows
as Writer: 16 episodes |
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Adams died of a heart attack at the age of 49, while working out at a private gym in Santa Barbara, California.
| Adams was a self-described "radical atheist."
| Since his death at the age of 49, he is still widely revered in science fiction and fantasy circles.
| Has two half sisters; Heather and Jane, as well as one half brother; James.
| Adams first attended Primrose Hill Primary School in Brentwood, Essex.
| He took the exams and interviewed for Brentwood School at age six, and attended from 1959 to 1970.
| Adams was a self-declared "radical atheist", though he used the term for emphasis, so that he would not be asked if he in fact meant agnostic.
| He stated in an interview with American Atheists that this was easier and conveyed the fact that he really meant it, had thought about it a great deal, and that it was an opinion he held seriously.
| He was convinced that there is not a god, seeing not a shred of evidence of one's existence, and devoted himself instead to secular causes like Environmentalism.
| It was widely pointed out to Adams that his only child was born the year he turned 42.
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