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Name	Robert Neal Dyer
Alternative Names	Robert Dies
Born	22 May, 1909 Hartsville, Tennessee, United States of America
Died	9 January, 1984 (aged 74) Southport, Queensland, Australia
Cultural Heritage	American Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	vaudeville performer (1937-1945) New South Wales, Australia radio entertainer (1940-1971) New South Wales, Australia radio quiz master (1940-1957) New South Wales, Australia big-game fisher (1945-1980) New South Wales, Australia television entertainer (1957-1971) New South Wales, Australia television quiz master (1957-1971) New South Wales, Australia

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