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Henry Louis Gates

72 years old TV Show Host born on

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Profession
TV Show Host
Age
72 years old
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
WV
About
Influential African-American author, scholar, PBS miniseries host, and public intellectual who wrote about race, politics, history, and culture. His scholarly publication, The Signifying Monkey, won the American Book Award in 1989.
Family
He described his West Virginia childhood in his popular memoir, Colored People. He had two daughters with his wife, Sharon Lynn Adams. He and Adams later divorced.

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