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When renowned inventor Alexander Graham Bell met six-year-old Hellen Keller in 1886, he knew he could make a difference in her life. After all, he had spent his entire childhood helping to translate for his deaf mother.
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The 1930s boxing rivalry between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling pitted America against Germany at a time when the nations were on the verge of war. But incredibly, despite years of contention between the two heavyweights, they developed a friendship that lasted decades.
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This mother-daughter duo never got the chance to have a relationship. But the eerie parallels in their personal lives would leave their legacies linked forever.
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In 19th-century Germany, a 16-year-old Hans von Bülow meets his idol: the famed composer Richard Wagner. By 1850, the fan had become the pupil — and together, the two musicians revolutionized their craft… until a betrayal drove them apart.
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Would we have The Chronicles of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings without the friendship forged between Lewis and Tolkien? At times fierce friends and feuding rivals, the two men coaxed each other on to literary greatness, fueled by a mutual enchantment with the beauty of the world, and the love of a good story.
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A gentleman novelist and a master illusionist connected over a shared interest in Spiritualism and communicating with the dead. But as their divided opinions drove them apart, their friendship followed a familiar act: Now you see it, now you don’t.
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They were groundbreaking performers in their respective fields. But the friendship forged between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald in the 1950s wasn’t just born out of art or fame, but a shared history of childhood trauma.
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It was an unlikely friendship — the American humorist and the Serbian inventor. But Twain and Tesla were visionaries, each captivated by what the other could create. The deep admiration held between them was a catalyst for more than one electric creation…
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Two artists collide in Mexico in the 1920s, and begin a partnership that is vital and transcendent — igniting love, rebellion, and above all, art.
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A traveling performer and a budding writer meet in Paris in 1954, and from the friendship they begin, two literary icons emerge.
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Starting July 14th, untangle the legacies of famous friends, collaborators, rivals, and spouses in the new Spotify Original from Parcast, Obituaries. New episodes every Wednesday!
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