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Roald Dahl
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- Famous Welsh People
- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Fiction Authors
Roald Dahl
Author / 1916 - 1990
Children's author Roald Dahl wrote the kids' classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, among other famous works. He was married to actress Patricia Neal.
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Greta Garbo
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- Famous Recluses
- Silent Screen Stars
- Honorary Oscar Recipients
Greta Garbo
Actress, Pin-up / 1905 - 1990
Greta Garbo is best known for her acting career, in both silent and talking films before World War II.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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- Apollo Legends
- The Rat Pack
- Famous Harlem Residents
Sammy Davis Jr.
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Dancer, Singer / 1925 - 1990
Sammy Davis Jr. was an actor, comedian, singer and dancer, and part of the Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, with whom he starred in several films.
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Keith Haring
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- Famous Pop Artists
- Celebrity Deadheads
- Famous Taureans
Keith Haring
Painter / 1958 - 1990
During his all-too-brief life, artist Keith Haring became a sensation in the art world with his bold, cartoon and graffiti influenced works during the 1980s.
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Ava Gardner
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- Famous Capricorns
- Famous Actresses
- Famous Film Actresses
Ava Gardner
Film Actress, Pin-up / 1922 - 1990
Actress Ava Gardner was a sultry beauty famous for playing femme fatale roles, and for her marriages to Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw and Mickey Rooney.
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Ralph D. Abernathy
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- Famous Pisceans
- Famous Black Activists
- Famous Civil Rights Activists
Ralph D. Abernathy
Civil Rights Activist, Pastor / 1926 - 1990
Ralph D. Abernathy was a Baptist minister who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.
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