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Landon, Michael, 1936-1991

LC control no.n 85213028
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Personal name headingLandon, Michael, 1936-1991
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Variant(s)Orowitz, Eugene Maurice, 1936-1991
Other standard no.8188118
Birth date1936
Death date1991-07-01
Place of birthForest Hills (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathMalibu (Calif.)
Field of activityActing Television-Production and direction
Found inLibman, G. Little house on the prairie, c1983: p. 16 (Michael Landon; b. 10/31/46 as Eugene Orowitz; discrepancy in date of birth)
Flynn, H. Michael Landon, 1991: p. facing t.p. (Michael Landon, 1936-1991)
Phone call to author, 05-27-92 (the author, Harry Flynn was Michael Landon's publicist and close friend; according to Mr. Flynn, Mr. Landon was not completely sure about his date of birth, but thought that 1936 was the most probable date; the records of his birth were destroyed; at various times in his career he allowed articles about him to use later dates of birth)
WW in Amer., 1984-1985 (Landon, Michael; Eugene Maurice Orowitz; b. 10/21/37)
IMDb, viewed October 30, 2020 Eugene Maurice Orowitz ; Nicknames: Mike, Emo, The Jesus of Malibu ; actor)
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