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Name	Rolf Harris
Born	30 March, 1930 Bassendean, Western Australia, Australia
Died	10 May, 2023 (aged 93) Bray, Berkshire, England
Cause of Death	cancer (neck)
Cultural Heritage	Welsh Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Bassendean Primary School (WA) (student, 1935-1941) Perth Modern School (student, 1942-1946) University of Western Australia (student, 1947-1948) Claremont Teachers College (Perth) (student, 1949-1950) City and Guilds of London Art School (student, 1952-1952)
Occupation or Descriptor *	painter (1948-1952) Western Australia, Australia singer (1948-1952) Western Australia, Australia swimmer (1948-1952) Western Australia, Australia painter (1952-2012) Overseas singer (1952-2012) Overseas television entertainer (1952-2012) Overseas child sexual abuser (2014-2014) Overseas prisoner (2014-2017) Overseas
Social Issues *	child sexual abuse (abuser, 1968-1986)

* Dates are approximate

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