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Robert Benchley Dies in New York

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Robert C. Benchley died Wednesday of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 56, leaving this biography to his obituers:

Outline of my life. R. C. Benchley, Born Isle of Wight, September 15, 1807. Shipped as cabin boy on Florence J. Marble, 1815. Arrested for bigamy and murder in Port Said, 1817. Released 1820. Wrote "Tale of Two Cities." Married Princess Anastasie of Portugal, 1831. Children: Prince Rupprecht and several little girls. Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" 1850. Editor "Godey's Ladies Book" 1851-'56. Began Les Miserables 1870 (finished by Victor Hugo). Died 1871. Buried in Westminster Abbey.

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