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Charles Champlin
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American film critic (1926–2014)
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Charles Champlin was an American journalist, film critic, writer, and television presenter. Born in Hammondsport in 1926, he was educated at Harvard University. He served in the United States Army during World War II and received the Purple Heart. Champlin worked for Life magazine and Loyola Marymount University.
His notable works include *A Day in the Life of Hollywood*, *Hollywood's Revolutionary Decade*, *A Life in Writing*, *The Movies Grow Up, 1940-1980*, and *My Friend, You Are Legally Blind: A Writer's Struggle with Macular Degeneration*. He was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Champlin died of natural causes due to Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles in 2014. He was buried in Berlin.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Works
- 8
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hammondsport
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Life
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
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- date of death
- 2014-11-16
- date of birth
- 1926-03-23
- place of burial
- Berlin
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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