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Loretta Young
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- Best Actress Oscar Winners
- Famous Capricorns
- Famous Actresses
Loretta Young
Actress / 1913 - 2000
Loretta young was a child actor who became one of Hollywood's leading ladies in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Henry Fonda
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- Screen Presidents
- Celebrity Enlistees
- Best Actor Oscar Winners
Henry Fonda
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1905 - 1982
Henry Fonda was an award-winning American actor best known for him film roles in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and On Golden Pond (1981).
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
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- The 27 Club
- Famous Hispanic Artists
- Famous Black Artists
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painter / 1960 - 1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Neo-Expressionist painter in the 1980s. He is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol.
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William Blake
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- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Artists
- Famous People Named William
William Blake
Artist, Poet / 1757 - 1827
William Blake was a 19th century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced countless writers and artists through the ages, and he has been deemed both a major poet and an original thinker.
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John Cage
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- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Songwriters and Composers
- Famous People Named John
John Cage
Songwriter / 1912 - 1992
John Cage was an American avant-garde composer whose inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas profoundly influenced mid-20th-century music.
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Merv Griffin
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- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Actors
- Famous Film Actors
Merv Griffin
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Entrepreneur, Singer, Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1925 - 2007
Merv Griffin was an American television host, singer and business magnate. He created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and Click.
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Elvis and Priscilla Presley
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- Priscilla Presley
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The Bee Gees
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