| celebrated his 90th (and final) birthday on August 25, 2007? |
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was christened Melchor Gastón Ferrer? |
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was the third of four children born to Dr. José María Ferrer (a
Cuban-born surgeon) and his Manhattan socialite wife, Irene O'Donohue,
who was 22 years younger than her husband? |
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spoke fluent French since childhood? |
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| was married to his last wife, Elizabeth Soukotine
(called Lisa), for 37 years and that she was a descendent of Leo Tolstoy? |
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married his first wife - socialite Frances Pilchard - twice, so she also became his third wife? |
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was nicknamed "Lanky Bones" by Gregory Peck? |
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was an avid tennis player? |
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worked as a country music deejay in Arkansas in 1942? |
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was taught to dance by actor Clifton Webb? |
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was removed from the social register in 1938 by his mother when he became a chorus boy on Broadway? |
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lost his father to a heart attack
when he was 2-years-old? |
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had polio for two years (1941-1943) before it was correctly diagnosed by Sister Kenny, who
prescribed the therapy that eventually cured him? |
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was half Irish and half Spanish? |
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had an older sister (Dr. M. Irené Ferrer) who was part of the Nobel
prize winning cardiology team that developed the catheter in 1943? |
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at the time of his death
had five children, eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild? |
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was born in Elberon New Jersey because his wealthy New York
based family had a summer home there? |
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was not related to actor José Ferrer, but they became good friends and
even directed each other in different Broadway plays? |
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was a gentleman farmer in retirement - raising avocados
and lemons on his working ranch near Santa Barbara? |
