| LC control no. | no 95003706 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Avildsen, John G., 1935-2017 |
| Birth date | 1935-12-21 |
| Death date | 2017-06-16 |
| Place of birth | Oak Park (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors |
| Found in | Save the tiger, 1982: credits (director, John G. Avildsen) OCLC, 12/29/94 (hdg.: Avildsen, John G.) FII, 1993: (Avildsen, John G.; alternative name: John Avildsen; activity: direction, photography, editing; nationality, American. b. 1936, Chicago) New York times WWW site, viewed June 19, 2017 (in obituary published June 16: John G. Avildsen; b. John Guilbert Avildsen, Dec. 21, 1935, Oak Park, Ill.; d. Friday [June 16, 2017], Los Angeles, aged 81; as the director of Rocky and The karate kid, created pop culture touchstones by telling stories of down-and-out characters finding triumph) |
| Associated language | eng |
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