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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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Book : Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer by Scott Eyman

Book : Hollywood East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio System by Diana Altman

Book : Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation by Kenneth Turan

Book : Mayer and Thalberg: The Make-Believe Saints by Samuel Marx

Book : Hollywood Rajah: the Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer by Bosley Crowther

Book : The Merchant of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, M.G.M. and the Secret Hollywood by Charles Higham

Book : All the Stars in Heaven: Louis B. Mayer’s M-G-M by Gary Carey
 
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