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Buster Keaton

Born 4 October 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, USA, as Joseph Frank Keaton Jr.
Died 1 February 1966 of lung cancer.

Married actress Natalie Talmadge; two sons; divorced. Married in 1930s; divorced. Married Eleanor Ruth Norris in 1940; until his death.

Buster Keaton began in vaudeville with father Joe Keaton and mother Myra Keaton in 1896. Began film work in 1917 for Comique.