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Christopher John Reuel Tolkien 1924 - 2020

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien of Draguignan, Var County, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur France was born on November 21, 1924 in Leeds, West Yorkshire County, England United Kingdom to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and Edith Mary Tolkien. He had siblings John Francis Reuel Tolkien, Michael Hilary Reuel Tolkien, and Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien died at age 95 years old on January 16, 2020 in Draguignan, Var County, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur France, and was buried on January 21, 2020.

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien
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Draguignan, Var County, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur 83300, France
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In 1924, in the year that Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.
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In 1949, he was 25 years old when comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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