Date of Birth
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05-July-1940
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Place of Birth
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Monroe
(Snohomish County, Washington)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close, Charles Thomas Close
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Profession
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Photographer, Artist, Actor
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Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Close lives and works on the south shore of Long Island, New York and New York’s West Village and in Bridgehampton, New York.
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