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Harold Russell

Age: 88

veteran and actor who won two Oscars—one for acting and a special award—for his performance as a disabled World War II soldier in the film The Best Years of Our Lives. Russell, a U.S. Army instructor, lost both hands during a training exercise.

Died: Needham, Mass., Jan. 29, 2002

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