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Sheldon Allan Silverstein born
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Shel attends University of Illinois
He was expelled after a year -
The Giving Tree published
Shel's first successful children's book -
A boy Named Sue wins Grammy award
Shel Silverstein wrote the lyrics to A Boy Named Sue which became a popular song in the 70s -
First Child- Shoshanna born
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Light in the Attic- First Children's book on New York Times Best Seller list
stayed for 182 weeks -
Daughter Shoshanna dies
Shel dedicated his famous book of poetry "A light in the Attic" to Shoshanna -
Shel's son Matthew was born
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Falling Up- famous book of Shel's poetry published
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Shel dies
