Person of the Year 2007
His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs
Sidney Sheldon 1917-2007
Person of the Year 2007
At 50 Sheldon had already earned a Tony Award for a Broadway musical, a screenwriting Oscar — for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, starring Cary Grant—and television immortality for creating The Patty Duke Show and I Dream of Jeannie. Only then did he begin writing the unabashedly commercial novels that would make him a household name. His books, which include Rage of Angels and Master of the Game, have sold more than 300 million copies in 51 languages.
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