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| Born | July 29, 1892 |
| Hometown | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
| Net worth | $5 million |
| Height | 5'11" (1.80m) |
| Spouse | Diana Lewis (m 1940 - 1984) , Eileen Wilson Powell (m 1915 - 1930) , Carole Lombard (m 1931 - 1933) |
| Partner | Jean Harlow |
| Children | William David Powell |
| Parents | Horatio Warren Powell , Nettie Manila Powell |
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‘Two out of five stories should be hot’: why pre-code cinema was a golden age for women
- Prior to the proscriptive Hays Code, films were populated by adulterous, marijuana-smoking gold diggers – wildly entertaining and more modern than the roles that came next
AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Academy Award | Actor | Life with Father | Nominated |
| 1937 | Academy Award | Actor | My Man Godfrey | Nominated |
| 1935 | Academy Award | Actor | The Thin Man (film) | Nominated |
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William Powell dead: Author of 'Anarchist Cookbook' dies aged 66
The author of “The Anarchist Cookbook,” a manual for causing violence which has sold millions of copies, has died at the age of 66. William Powell began his researching his book in the wake of his anger as a teenager about the Vietnam War. Mr Powell died on 11 July 2016 however media was not aware of his passing until the recent documentary, called “American Anarchist,” was released by director Charlie Siskel.
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The author of one of the most notorious books of the last century died of a heart attack – six months ago. William Powell’s The Anarchist Cookbook was used by Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh in 1995 and the Columbine high school killers in 1999. The writer suffered a fatal heart attack while on holiday with his family in Nova Scotia on 11 July, at the age of 66.
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IHOP’s 'modern-day Robin Hood' has given away thousands of dollars of free soda
This IHOP employee says he takes from the rich to feed to the poor — but his boss disagrees. Prosecutors are accusing William Powell of giving away $3,000-plus in soft drinks as a waiter at a Brooklyn, New York IHOP, reports New York Daily News. "I am not stealing," Powell reportedly told cops.
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Actress Luise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, dies
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Luise Rainer, the German-born actress who made cinema history by winning back-to-back Oscars as best actress for the 1936 musical "The Great Ziegfeld" and the 1937 drama "The Good Earth" during a brief, stormy Hollywood career, died on Tuesday at age 104. Rainer, a former star of the Vienna stage who had been the oldest living actor to have won an Academy Award, died of pneumonia in London, her daughter said. "She was an extraordinary woman who will undoubtedly leave a
