Labels:text | font | screenshot | letter | paper OCR: CHRONOLOGY MARCH 17, 1939 Bom Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev, in Itkutsk, U.S.S.R. 1955 Becomes pupil of Alexander Pushkin. JUNE 16, 1961 Defects to the West. MAY 1962 Performs "Giselle" with Margot Fonteyn. MAY 1963 Performs "Marguerite and Armand" with Margot Fonteyn. 1977 Plays lead in the British film "Valentino." 1982 Becomes a citizen of Austria. AUGUST 1982 Announces his appointment as director of Paris Opera Ballet (appointment taken up in the autumn of 1983). NOVEMBER 1987 Returns to Russia to visit sick mother. JANUARY 6, 1993 Dies in Paris, age 53, from cardiac complications resulting from AIDS.
