Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck Born Erma Louise Fiste (1927-02-21)February 21, 1927 Bellbrook, Ohio, U.S. Died April 22, 1996(1996-04-22) (aged 69) San Francisco, California, U.S. Occupation Humorist, syndicated columnist, writer Nationality American Citizenship United States Education University of Dayton Period 1965 to 1996 Spouse Bill Bombeck Children Betsy, Andrew, Matthew Erma Louise Bombeck (née Fiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became bestsellers. From 1965 to 1996, Erma Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns, using broad and sometimes eloquent humor, chronicling the ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife. By the 1970s, her columns were read twice-weekly by 30 million readers of the 900 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada.