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  1.                                                                                 January 30, 1984MILESTONESJohnny Weissmuller
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  4. DIED. Johnny Weissmuller, 79, record-setting swimmer (five
  5. Olympic gold medals) turned cinematic Tarzan (twelve movies);
  6. in Acapulco, Mexico. "They gave me a G-string," he claimed of
  7. his MGM bosses, "and said, 'Can you climb a tree?'"
  8. Weissmuller, the archetypal Hollywood hunk, led an extravagantly
  9. untidy personal life highlighted by five failed marriages and
  10. a portfolio of foolish business ventures.
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