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Joy Adamson

Bio: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joy Adamson (20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name
Born: Thu, Jan 20 1910
Birthplace: Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]

Death: Thu, Jan 03 1980
Joy Adamson is 69 years old
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Poster of Born Free: A New Adventure
Born Free: A New Adventure
Joy Adamson would have been no older than
69 in Born Free: A New Adventure
as 'Author'.
Sat, Apr 27 1996
Poster of Born Free
Born Free
Joy Adamson was
56 in Born Free
as 'Book'.
Sat, Mar 26 1966

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