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Isadora Duncan

Isadora DuncanAKA Dora Angela Duncan

Born: 27-May-1877
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Died: 14-Sep-1927
Location of death: Nice, France
Cause of death: Accident - Automobile [1]
Remains: Cremated, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Dancer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mother of modern dance


[1] Died after the very long scarf she was wearing became entangled in the wheels of her Bugatti sports car, throwing her from the vehicle and strangling her.

Father: Joseph Charles Duncan (b. 1819, d. 1898)
Mother: Mary Isadora Gray Duncan ("Dora", b. 1849, d. 12-Apr-1922)
Sister: Mary Elizabeth Bioren (b. 1871, d. 1948)
Brother: Augustin (b. 17-Apr-1873, d. 1954)
Brother: Raymond (b. 1-Nov-1874, d. 1966)
Boyfriend: Ivan Miroski (1895-99)
Boyfriend: Oszkar Beregi (1902)
Boyfriend: Edward Gordon Craig (1904-07)
Daughter: Dierdre (b. 24-Sep-1906, d. 19-Apr-1913 drowning)
Boyfriend: Paris Eugene Singer (son of
Isaac Merritt Singer, affair 1909-16)
Son: Patrick Augustus Duncan (b. 1-May-1910, d. 19-Apr-1913 drowning)
Son: (b. Aug-1914, d. Aug-1914)
Boyfriend: Walter Morse Rummel (1918-21)
Husband: Sergei Alexandrovich Esenin (m. 2-May-1922, d. 27-Dec-1925 suicide)

Author of books:
My Life (1927, memoir)



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