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Also Known As William Penn Adair Rogers
Born November 4, 1879 • near Claremore • Oklahoma
Died August 15, 1935 (aged 55) • near Point Barrow • Alaska

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Elsa Maxwell, c. 1935.
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George S. Kaufman
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Jeanette MacDonald
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