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Dalton Trumbo

1905 to 1976 5 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Dalton Trumbo across 3 places, from 1905 to 1976. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

James Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960).Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Dalton Trumbo was documented, and when

9 December 1905exact date
Montrose, Coloradoattested “Trumbo was born in Montrose, Colorado, on December 9, 1905, the son of Orus Bonham Trumbo and Maud (née Tillery) Trumbo.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo
17 July 1916exact date
Fresno, Californiaattested “In 1938, Trumbo married Cleo Fincher, who was born in Fresno, California, on July 17, 1916, and had moved with her divorced mother and her brother and sister to Los Angeles.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo
17 July 1916exact date
Los Angelesattested “In 1938, Trumbo married Cleo Fincher, who was born in Fresno, California, on July 17, 1916, and had moved with her divorced mother and her brother and sister to Los Angeles.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo
1926 to 1930period
Los Angelesattested “For nine years after his father died, Trumbo worked the night shift wrapping bread at a Los Angeles bakery and attended the University of California, Los Angeles (1926) and the University of Southern California (1928–1930).” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo
1976year
Los Angelesattested “Trumbo died in 1976, in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 70.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo

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Places Dalton Trumbo is documented in

Los Angeles3 presences · 1916 to 1976
Fresno, California1 presence · 1916
Montrose, Colorado1 presence · 1905

Other places tied to Dalton Trumbo in the record

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1908year
Grand Junction, Coloradomentioned “His family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1908.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo
1924year
Californiamentioned “In 1924, Orus Trumbo relocated the family to California.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo
1950year
Ashland, Kentuckymentioned “Trumbo served eleven months in the federal penitentiary in Ashland, Kentucky, in 1950.” source: Wikipedia: Dalton Trumbo

Documented at the same place, the same year

Marilyn MonroeLos Angeles · 1926Christopher ReeveLos Angeles · 1976Kim BasingerLos Angeles · 1976Abdurrahim El-KeibLos Angeles · 1976

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Sources

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