LINDA GOODMAN Linda Goodman assumed the name "Linda" duringWorld War IIfor a popularWCOMradio showin Parkersburg that she hosted calledLove Letters from Linda. Each show consisted ofLindareading letters written between soldiers and their loved ones. Each letter was punctuated with a popular song of the day. While working in radio, she met her second husband, Sam O. Goodman, and took his last name.She began her career writing for newspapers in the eastern and southeastern United States. She also wrote speeches for black Americancivil rightsleaderWhitney Young, who served for several years as president of theNational Urban League.Astrology/Writings[edit]Some have suggested that Linda Goodman was responsible for accelerating the growth of theNew Agemovement through the unprecedented success of her firstastrologybookLinda Goodman's Sun Signs(1968). This was the firstastrologybook ever to earn a spot onThe New York TimesBest Seller list.[1]It was followed byLinda Goodman's Love Signs(1978), which also madeThe New York TimesBest Seller list and set an industry record with $2.3 million being paid for the paperback rights.Other books by Linda Goodman include: Venus Trines at Midnight(1970) Linda Goodmans Love Poems(1980) Linda Goodmans Star Signs: The Secret Codes of the UniverseA Practical Guide for the New Age (1987) Gooberz(1989) Linda Goodmans Relationship Signs(1998)Gooberz, begun in 1967, is a long poem riddled with a myriad ofoccultreferences andsymbolism. It is also a thinly veiledautobiography, which explores two of her significant romantic relationships: her marriage to William Snyder and her love affair with marine biologist Robert Brewer. It also touches on the birth of her four children Sally Snyder, Bill Snyder, Jill Goodman and Michael Goodman. The book surveys her ideas onreincarnation,karma,love, andmiracles.Personal life[edit]Goodman was mother to four children: Sally, William (Bill) Kemery, from her first marriage. Jill and Michael Goodman were children from her second marriage. She also had at least one other child, a daughter who died in infancy.Daughter[edit]Goodman's books also reference what she referred to as the "disappearance" of her eldest daughter, Sally Snyder in the 1970s, and the mystery around her reported death. Linda Goodman spent much money and many years trying to find Sally, long after police closed the case as a suicide or accidental suicide. Goodman never accepted the official police report and continued to search for Sally for the rest of her own life.Death[edit]A businesswoman from Ireland named Crystal Bush befriended Goodman at the end of her life and obtained