Sydney Omarr (5 August 1926 – 2 January 2003), born Sidney Kimmelman in Philadelphia was an American astrologer and an astrology consultant to the rich and famous. His daily Sun Sign Horoscope column appeared in more than 200 newspapers and his annual forecast books for each sign of the zodiac sold over 50 million copies. He served with the Air Force in the Pacific during World War II. After predicting the death of President Roosevelt, the Armed Forces Radio assigned him to a horoscope show; he thus became the first official astrologer in U.S. Army history. After the war, he wrote articles on astrology and appeared in radio shows. He was also a CBS radio news editor in Los Angeles. His astrology columns appeared in some 225 newspapers, and at the height of his success he moved to Hollywood. His books on astrology include: Astrology: Its Role in Your Life (1963); My World of Astrology (1965); Dream-Scope (1973); The Thought Dial Way to a Healthy & Successful Life (1973); Sydney Omarr's Astrological Guide (1974); Sydney Omarr's Astrological Guide to Sex and Love (1974). By the 1970s, Omarr appeared on various radio and television shows such as The Merv Griffin Show and Johnny Carson. He was friendly with famous movie actresses like Mae West and associated with authors like Henry Miller and Aldous Huxley.