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Charlie Parker (known as the 'bird' on account of the birdsong-like quality of his saxophone playing) was an American jazz musician. He was born in 1920 at Kansas City, Missouri and died in 1955 of a heart attack presumed a result of his heroin addiction and excessive drinking.
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Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist. He was born in 1898 at Oak Park, Illinois and died in 1961. After becoming a newspaper correspondent in Kansas City he served in a volunteer ambulance crew in Italy during the Great War, and was wounded. He then turned to writing books and wrote such titles as the 1940 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'.
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Joe Montana is an American Football player. He was born in 1956 at New Eagle, Pennsylvania. He played as quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to 1993 before joining the Kansas City Chiefs and playing with them until 1995.
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Edward Asner is an American actor. He was born in 1929 at Kansas City, Kansas.
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Jim Bannon was an American actor. He was born in 1911 at Kansas City, Missouri and died in 1984.
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Wallace Beery was an American actor. He was born in 1880 at Kansas City and died in 1949. A graduate of Kansas City High School, he began his theatrical career as an assistant elephant trainer for the Ringling Brothers Circus at the start of the 20th century. A few years later he was on the stage where, despite his large features his forte was as a female impersonator, and in vaudeville he sang in variety shows, stock companies and Broadway musicals. His film career began at the Essanay Studios in 1914 and he starred in a series of some 30 comedies about a character named 'Sweedie' a preposterous female servant. During the 1920s he switched roles to play rugged, commanding figures.
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Brenda Joyce (real name Betty Graffina Leabo) is an American actress. She was born in 1915 at Kansas City, Missouri.
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Chely Wright is an American singer and actress. She was born in 1970 at Kansas City, Missouri.
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Dee Wallace-Stone (also known as Dee Wallace) is an American actress. She was born in 1949 at Kansas City, Missouri.
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Ellen Drew (real name Terry Ray) is an American actress. She was born in 1915 at Kansas City, Missouri.
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