Jean Shepherd

Age: 78

Summary: radio personality whose popularity carried over to movies, TV, the stage, and the literary world who appealed to a wide audience as a gifted storyteller in one of his most familiar creations from the classic 1983 film A Christmas Story.

Cause of Death: Natural causes

Born: July 26, 1921

Died: October 16, 1999

Location: Sanibel Island, Florida