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Bernard George BLACK

Male 1916 - 2003  (86 years)


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  1. 1.  Bernard George BLACK was born on 21 Dec 1916 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; died on 29 Apr 2003 in Oldsmar, Pinellas County, Florida.

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    He was an albino and was legally blind. He died from Alzheimer’s. He gave $1 million to the University of Minnesota for research into albinism. He received a business degree from the University of Minnesota in 1940 and worked in insurance, banking, and real estate.

    Bernard married Mary Ellen FOSSUM on 13 Jul 1946 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Mary (daughter of Gordon Marion FOSSUM and Zoe Lena OLSEN) was born on 26 Aug 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 30 May 2017 in Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]