| LC control no. | n 80070511 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Osborne, Robert, 1932-2017 |
| Birth date | 1932-05-03 |
| Death date | 2017-03-06 |
| Place of birth | Colfax (Wash.) |
| Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Academy Awards (Motion pictures) |
| Affiliation | Turner Classic Movies (Television network) |
| Profession or occupation | Film critics Film historians Actors Television personalities |
| Found in | 60 diamond years of the Oscar, 1989: CIP t.p. (Robert Osborne) 85 years of the Oscar, 2013: ECIP t.p. (Robert Osborne) data view (host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and serves as the official host for the TCM Classic Film Festival and the TCM Classic Cruise; for over 25 years, he served as a reporter and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, one of the industry's most important newspapers; he has written a dozen books on the film world, many of them focused on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and has frequently served as host of the Academy's in-person tributes, in both Beverly Hills and New York; earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 and in 2008, received a special award from the National Board of Review for his contributions as a film historian) Wikipedia, 12-16-2013 (Robert Osborne; full name: Robert Jolin Osborne; (born May 3, 1932, Colfax, Washington) American actor and film historian best known as the primary host for Turner Classic Movies since that service began in 1994, and previously a host of The Movie Channel; graduated from the University of Washington's School of Journalism; author of several books on movies, including his first published book, Academy Awards Illustrated (1965); he resides in New York City) New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 7, 2017 (in obituary published Mar. 6: Robert Osborne; b. Robert Jolin Osborne Jr., May 3, 1932, Colfax, Wash.; d. Monday [Mar. 6, 2017], Manhattan, aged 84; onetime actor who turned his lifelong love of old films into a starring role as the marquee host of Turner Classic Movies) |
| Associated language | eng |
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