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Joy Adamson

Joy Adamson is best known for Born Free. Joy Adamson was born on January 20, 1910. Joy Adamson died on January 3, 1980 at the age of 69.

Born: January 20, 1910
Place of birth: Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]
Died: January 3, 1980 (69 years old)

Biography

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Joy Adamson (20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name.

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