[Deathwatch] Jerry Sohl, Sci-fi writer, 88

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Jerry Sohl, sci-fi novelist and TV writer, dead at 88
Sunday, November 10, 2002 Posted: 10:35 AM EST (1535 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/11/10/obit.sohl.ap/index.html

THOUSAND OAKS, California (AP) -- Jerry Sohl, author of the science
fiction books "The Transcendent Man" and "The Altered Ego," has died.
He was 88. 

Sohl, who also wrote for the television shows "Star Trek" and "The
Twilight Zone," died Monday at a Thousand Oaks hospital. The cause of
death was not released. 

Born in Los Angeles, Sohl dropped out of college for a career in
journalism. He worked as a photographer, police reporter, critic and
reviewer for several Midwest papers after World War II. During the war,
he served in the Army Air Forces. 

Sohl wrote a number of books, including "The Mars Monopoly," "The Lemon
Eaters," "The Resurrection of Frank Borchard" and "The Spun Sugar
Hole." 

He also wrote under the pseudonyms Nathan Butler, Sean Mei Sullivan and
Roberta Jean Mountjoy. 

As a television writer, he worked on episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock
Presents," "Naked City," "The Outer Limits," "Route 66" and "The
Invaders."