TPB's New Jersey Geocoin: Lee Van Cleef
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Owner:
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Team Perrito Blanco
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Released:
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Sunday, October 2, 2005
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Origin:
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New Jersey, United States
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Lee Van Cleef was born in Somerville, New Jersey on January 9, 1925.
According to the book "Weird NJ" (Sceurman, Mark and Mark Moran, Barnes and Noble Books, 2004 ISBN 0-7607-3979-X) he was a descendant of the Morris County Van Cleefs who were infamous in the area for their strange living and "procreational" efforts. In fact, one trait that Lee had was that he had one green eye and one blue eye. According to the book, "this telltale characteristic was corrected in the movies with colored contact lenses".
One of the great movie villains, Lee Van Cleef started out as an accountant. He served in the U.S. Navy aboard minesweepers and subchasers during World War II. After the war he worked as an office administrator, becoming involved in amateur theatrics in his spare time. An audition for a professional role led to a touring company job in "Mr. Roberts".
He died of a heart attack in December 1989, and was buried at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills.
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