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American Tobacco Company
COMPANY
Founded 1890 by James Buchanan Duke. An antitrust court ruling in 1911 severed the company into four pieces: American Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company (now Liggett Group), and Lorillard Tobacco. The remnant was eventually acquired by Brown & Williamson in 1994.
Industry: Tobacco
Corporate headquarters: Durham, NC
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| James Buchanan Duke |
Business |
23-Dec-1856 |
10-Oct-1925 |
American Tobacco Company |
| John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
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Virginia Lieutenant Governor, 1998-2002 |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Janet Blair |
Actor |
23-Apr-1921 |
19-Feb-2007 |
Night of the Eagle |
| Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Joan Crawford |
Actor |
23-Mar-1905 |
10-May-1977 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
6-May-1992 |
The Blue Angel |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Sally Eilers |
Actor |
11-Dec-1908 |
5-Jan-1978 |
Coroner Creek |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress dehumanized by insane asylum |
| Alice Faye |
Actor |
5-May-1915 |
9-May-1998 |
Fallen Angel |
| Anne Francis |
Actor |
16-Sep-1930 |
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Forbidden Planet |
| Jean Harlow |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
7-Jun-1937 |
Bombshell |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| Miriam Hopkins |
Actor |
18-Oct-1902 |
9-Oct-1972 |
The Story of Temple Drake |
| Myrna Loy |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
14-Dec-1993 |
The Thin Man |
| Lilli Palmer |
Actor |
24-May-1914 |
27-Jan-1986 |
The Four Poster |
| Dolores del Rio |
Actor |
3-Aug-1905 |
11-Apr-1983 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
16-May-1911 |
1-Jan-1960 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Lana Turner |
Actor |
8-Feb-1920 |
29-Jun-1995 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |
| Florenz Ziegfeld |
Actor |
21-Mar-1869 |
22-Jul-1932 |
The Ziegfeld Follies |
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