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Ayn RandAKA Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum

Born: 2-Feb-1905
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: 6-Mar-1982
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY

Gender: Female
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Philosopher

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Atlas Shrugged

Father: Zinovy Zacharovich Rosenbaum (pharmacist)
Mother: Anna Borisovna Rosenbaum
Sister: Natasha (b. 1907, d. 1945)
Sister: Eleanora "Nora" Drobyshev (b. 1910, d. 1999)
Husband: Charles Francis O'Conner ("Frank", actor-painter, b. 1897, m. 15-Apr-1929, d. 1979)
Boyfriend: Nathan Blumenthal ("Nathaniel Branden", author, b. 1930, affair c. 1955)

    University: University of Petrograd (1924)
    University: State Institute for Cinema Arts

    RKO Radio Pictures
    Naturalized US Citizen 13-Mar-1931
    Objectivists
    Russian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Former Smoker

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