Sidney Sheldon, a writer whose keen grasp of popular tastes fueled a string of feverishly romantic and suspenseful books that made him a perennial bestseller with millions of copies in print around the world, died yesterday. He was 89.

Mr. Sheldon died of pneumonia at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., according to his friend and publicist Warren Cowan.

A multifaceted writer, Mr. Sheldon won a screenwriting Oscar, a Tony award, and had created popular television sitcoms before starting his first novel at the age of 52.

But it was through the novels that he gained his overriding fame. His books usually revolved around characters of great wealth, beauty, brilliance, and bedroom prowess, none of which protected them from infidelity, betrayal, and indiscretion. Mr. Sheldon's protagonists were usually women, and his plots were so artfully constructed that his books are the very definition of a page-turner.

He was one of the world's most translated......

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