| Yousuf Karsh  Born: 23-Dec-1908
Birthplace: Mardin, Turkey
Died: 13-Jul-2002
Location of death: Boston, MA
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Remains: Buried, Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Photographer Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Portrait photographer Father: Amsih Karsh
Mother: Bahia
Wife: Solange Gauthier (m. 1939, d. 1961)
Wife: Estrellita Karsh (m. 1962, until his death)
Caring Institute Board of Trustees (Honorary)
Dutch Treat Club 1965
Naturalized Canadian Citizen 1947
Order of Canada 1967
Armenian Ancestry
Author of books:
Faces of Destiny (1946, photography)
Portraits of Greatness (1959, photography)
In Search of Greatness (1962, photography)
Karsh Portfolio (1967, photography)
Faces of Our Time (1971, photography)
Karsh Portraits (1976, photography)
Karsh Canadians (1978, photography)
Karsh: A Sixty-Year Retrospective (1996, photography)
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