John Steinbeck died 40 years ago

Author (of The Grapes of Wrath) John Steinbeck was born as John Ernst Steinbeck III on February 27, 1902 in Salinas Valley, California.
Mr. Steinbeck died on December 20, 1968 in New York City, New York.

John Steinbeck died today – 39 years ago

U.S. writer John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas Valley, California. He said, “Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play." [But he won’t like it.]... Mr. Steinbeck died in 1968 in New York City, New York.