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Lansbury, Coral Magnolia (1929–1991)

radio scriptwriter, academic, and novelist

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Coral Lansbury, 1957

Coral Lansbury, 1957

National Archives of Australia, SP1011/​1:2876

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Edwards, Coral Magnolia
  • Salmon, Coral Magnolia
  • Turnbull, Coral Magnolia
Birth

1929
St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

3 April, 1991 (aged ~ 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cause of Death

cancer (bowel)

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