Erma bombeck cause of death
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Erma Bombeck
American humorist and writer
Erma Bombeck | |
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Erma Bombeck | |
| Born | Erma Louise Fiste (1927-02-21)February 21, 1927 Bellbrook, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1996(1996-04-22) (aged 69) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Humorist, syndicated columnist, writer |
| Education | University of Dayton |
| Years active | 1965–1996 |
| Spouse | Bill Bombeck (m. 1949) |
| Children | 3[1] |
Erma Louise Bombeck (néeFiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column describing suburban home life, syndicated from 1965 to 1996. Fifteen books of her humor have been published; most became bestsellers.
Between 1965 and April 17, 1996 – five days before her death – Bombeck wrote over four thousand newspaper columns, using broad and sometimes eloquent humor, chronicling the ordinary life of a Midwestern suburban housewife.[2][3][4] By the 1970s, her columns were read semi-weekly by 30 million readers of the nine hundred newspapers in
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Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
The marker, located outside St. Mary’s Hall, was part of a program to highlight significant Ohio people and places for the state’s 2003 bicentennial. Bombeck, a 1949 UD alumna, is among the University’s most famous graduates.
Bombeck credited the University of Dayton with launching her writing career. Her syndicated column, “At Wit’s End,” appeared in more than 900 newspapers. She wrote more than 4,500 columns and 12 books, nine of which made The New York Times’ Bestseller List. Bombeck also appeared regularly on ABC's Good Morning America for 11 years. She was still writing her column for Universal Press Syndicate and developing a new book for HarperCollins Publishers when she died from complications of a kidney transplant on April 22, 1996.
Today, the University of Dayton’s College of Arts and Sciences and Alumni Association co-sponsor the biennial Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, which draws UD students and hundreds of aspiring and professional humor and human interest
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Meet the Woman Who Made the World Laugh.
Erma Bombeck, a 1949 graduate of the University of Dayton, became a household name in the 1970s and 1980s. She spoke for the women of an entire generation, revealing that being a housewife and a mother came with its own sets of concerns, and wasn’t necessarily a glamorous occupation. She wrote with hilarity and wit.
But before she was Erma Bombeck, she was Erma Fiste. An aspiring writer, she wrote for several University of Dayton publications. It was during her time at UD that she developed her humorous writing style, which would stay with her throughout her career.
After graduation, Bombeck began a column, “Operation Dustrag,” in 1952 for the Journal Herald in Dayton. She continued to write the column until the arrival of her daughter, Betsy, the following year. In 1964, she began writing a humorous column, “Zone 59,” for the Kettering-Oakwood Times, a suburban paper. That’s when Glenn Thompson, editor of the Journal Herald, spotted her work and offered her $50 a week for two columns. Three week
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