Real-life Americans who inspired iconic fictional characters

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Real-life Americans who inspired iconic fictional characters Some stories you just can't make up—like that of a tough archeologist wrestling pythons, a media mogul rising and falling before the eyes of the world, or an eccentric millionaire genius forever scarred from malfunctions of his own inventions. Some unforgettable fictional characters were based on the lives and feats of real people who, willingly or not, found themselves caught in movie-like plots. Read on to explore the lives of 10 Americans who changed the world so significantly that writers decided to immortalize them.   Read full article

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