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Robert LeRoy Ripley
Born: 25-Dec-1893
Place of Birth: Santa Rosa, CA
Gender: M
Father: David Isaac Ripley
Mother: Lily Belle Yucca
Career: Cartoonist
Best known for: Believe It or Not!
Died: 27-May-1949
Place of Death: New York, NY
Cause of Death: Heart failure
Burial: Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery
Place of Burial: Santa Rosa, CA
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References
Julie Mooney, The World of Ripley's Believe It or Not!,
New York: Black Dog & Leventhial Publishers, Inc., 1999.
U.S. Census Bureau, 1900 United States Federal Census,
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2004.
U.S. Census Bureau, 1910 United States Federal Census,
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2006.
U.S. Census Bureau, 1930 United States Federal Census,
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2002.
(last revision to this profile: 5-Apr-2007)
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