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Richard Dix

Born [?] 18 July 1893 or 8 August 1894? in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, as Ernest Carlton Brimmer.
Died 20 September 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of heart failure.

Married Winifred Coe, 20 October 1931; divorced, 29 June 1933;
daughter, Martha Mary Ellen Dix.
Married Virginia Clair Webster, 29 June 1934; until Richard’s death, 20 September 1949;
sons (twins) Richard Dix Jr. and actor, writer and assistant director Robert Dix, born 8 May 1935;
adopted daughter, Sara Sue Dix.

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