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Gordon Parks
Real Name: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
Born: 30th November 1912 Kansas, USA
Died: 7th March 2006
Groundbreaking American photographer, composer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for [i]Life[/i] magazine, where he was the first black staffer, and as the director of the 1971 film [i]Shaft[/i].