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'''Shimon Wincelberg''' {{born|26|September|1924|died|29|September|2004}} was a television writer and playwright who wrote or co-wrote two scripts for first season episodes of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek: The Original Series'']] using the ''nom de plume'' '''S. Bar-David'''. He also wrote "Lord Bobby's Obsession" for the aborted ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' series.
 
'''Shimon Wincelberg''' {{born|26|September|1924|died|29|September|2004}} was a television writer and playwright who wrote or co-wrote two scripts for first season episodes of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek: The Original Series'']] using the ''nom de plume'' '''S. Bar-David'''. He also wrote "Lord Bobby's Obsession" for the aborted ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' series.
   
Born in 1925, his family was forced to flee his native Germany by the Nazi pogroms, arriving in the United States in the late 1930's. He became a professional writer in 1953 with the sale of his first story. Subsequently, he worked steadily on television programs, plays, and books (some with his wife Anita, also a writer). In science fiction circles, he is probably best known for writing the first five-episode arc of the television series ''[[wikipedia:Lost in Space|Lost in Space]]'', as well as the pilot episode to another [[wikipedia:Irwin Allen|Irwin Allen]] science-fiction series ''[[wikipedia:The Time Tunnel|The Time Tunnel]]''.
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His family was forced to flee his native Germany by the Nazi pogroms, arriving in the United States in the late 1930's. He became a professional writer in 1953 with the sale of his first story. Subsequently, he worked steadily on television programs, plays, and books (some with his wife Anita, also a writer). In science fiction circles, he is probably best known for writing the first five-episode arc of the television series ''[[wikipedia:Lost in Space|Lost in Space]]'', as well as the pilot episode to another [[wikipedia:Irwin Allen|Irwin Allen]] science-fiction series ''[[wikipedia:The Time Tunnel|The Time Tunnel]]''.
   
 
He died in 2004 in a nursing home in Los Angeles, California, USA following a long illness.
 
He died in 2004 in a nursing home in Los Angeles, California, USA following a long illness.

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Template:Realworld Shimon Wincelberg (26 September 192429 September 2004; age 80) was a television writer and playwright who wrote or co-wrote two scripts for first season episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series using the nom de plume S. Bar-David. He also wrote "Lord Bobby's Obsession" for the aborted Star Trek: Phase II series.

His family was forced to flee his native Germany by the Nazi pogroms, arriving in the United States in the late 1930's. He became a professional writer in 1953 with the sale of his first story. Subsequently, he worked steadily on television programs, plays, and books (some with his wife Anita, also a writer). In science fiction circles, he is probably best known for writing the first five-episode arc of the television series Lost in Space, as well as the pilot episode to another Irwin Allen science-fiction series The Time Tunnel.

He died in 2004 in a nursing home in Los Angeles, California, USA following a long illness.

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