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- Birth nameRobert Wilson
- Nickname
- Bob
- Robert Anton Wilson was born on January 18, 1932 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Illuminatus! Part 01 - The Eye in the Pyramid, Illuminatus! Part 03 - Leviathan and Illuminatus! Part 02 - The Golden Apple. He was married to Arlen Riley. He died on January 11, 2007 in Capitola, California, USA.
- SpouseArlen Riley(December 14, 1958 - May 24, 1999) (her death, 4 children)
- He studied engineering and mathematics at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and New York University.
- His third daughter was murdered in 1976 in a robbery.
- Wrote the first of three volumes of his autobiography "Cosmic Trigger" in 1977 which included his witnessing of extra-terrestrials while under the influence of heavy drugs.
- Wrote three novels: "The Eye in the Pyramid", "The Golden Apple" and "Leviathan", which comprised the "Illuminatus! Trilogy" with Robert Shea.
- Worked as a copywriter becoming an associate editor of Playboy Magazine from 1965 to 1971.
- I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.
- My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not about God alone but agnosticism about everything.
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