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Born September 20, 1896 • Ohio
Died August 9, 1980 (aged 83) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “My Favorite Brunette” • “Professor Beware” • “The Cat and the Canary” • “The Male Animal” • “Three-Cornered Moon”

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