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Fred Astaire
Dead
Born: 5/10/1899 in Omaha, Nebraska, USADied: 6/22/1987
Age: 88
Cause of death: pneumonia
Full name: Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
Noted For: dancing actor; Top Hat (1935), Easter Parade (1948), Finian's Rainbow (1968), and The Towering Inferno (1974). Longtime performing partner of actress/dancer Ginger Rogers (1933-49).
