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Famous People Who Died on December 28
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Mum Bett
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- Famous Civil Rights Activists
- Famous Activists
Mum Bett
Civil Rights Activist / 1742 - 1829
Mum Betts (Elizabeth Freeman) was the first slave to successfully sue for her freedom, encouraging Massachusetts to abolish slavery.
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Maurice Ravel
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- Famous Pisceans
- Famous Songwriters and Composers
- Famous People Named Maurice
Maurice Ravel
Songwriter / 1875 - 1937
Maurice Ravel was a 19th and early 20th century French composer of classical music. His best known works are Bolero and Daphnis et Chloé.
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Jerry Orbach
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- Famous Libras
- Famous Actors
- Famous People Named Jerry
Jerry Orbach
Actor / 1935 - 2004
Jerry Orbach was a Tony Award-winning American actor best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order.
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Clayton Moore
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- Famous Actors
- Famous Film Actors
Clayton Moore
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1914 - 1999
Actor Clayton Moore appeared in approximately 70 feature films and played the Lone Ranger on a ABC network television version of the radio program.
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Frédéric Bazille
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- Impressionists Painters
- Famous Sagittarians
- Famous Painters
Frédéric Bazille
Painter / 1841 - 1870
Frédéric Bazille was a French painter who helped found the Impressionist movement of the late 19th century, before dying in combat in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Susan Sontag
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- Famous Scholars
Susan Sontag
Scholar, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Academic Author, Journalist / 1933 - 2004
Susan Sontag was a critical essayist, cultural analyst, novelist and filmmaker. She wrote On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, The Volcano Lover and In America.
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profile name: Susan Sontag profile occupation: Scholar, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Academic Author, Journalist
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