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Rated 0 points - posted 13 years ago by BradHemphill in category People.
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Herbert Hoover Report Abuse
...and then he became President.
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Edgar Allan Poe Report Abuse
The pain was hard to hide.
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James Michener Report Abuse
Famous author was abandoned by his parents.
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Leo Tolstoi Report Abuse
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Barbara Stanwyck Report Abuse
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Elanor Roosevelt Report Abuse
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Coco Chanel Report Abuse
The perfume giant.
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Ingrid Bergman Report Abuse
Both her parents died when she was young.
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Dante Culpepper Report Abuse
football player
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Boris Karloff Report Abuse
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Charles Curtis Report Abuse
Oddly, Hoover's VP was also an orphan.
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Ralph Bunche Report Abuse
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Truman Capote Report Abuse
Shuttled from home to home in his troubled youth.
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Simon Bolivar Report Abuse
South American revolutionist.
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