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Louis B. Mayer
(same as L.B. Mayer)

Born 12 July 1984 in Dymer, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
(now Vyshhorod Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine) as Lazar Meir.
Died 29 October 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of leukemia.

Married Margaret Shenberg, 14 June 1904; divorced, 28 April 1947; two daughters.
Married Lorena Layson, 4 December 1948; until Louis’ death, 29 October 1957.

Louis B. Mayer

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