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February 16, 1888, in Dallas, Texas, the middle of three boys born to Ambrose D. and Mary Shannon Fife. By the turn of the twentieth century, Fife and his two brothers (Locksley and Francis) were living in Dallas with an uncle and their maternal grandmother, Belle Shannon. His father,
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Fife remained busy throughout the silent era until his health began to fail in the late 1920s. In 1928 he was reported to be home in Dallas recuperating from an unspecified illness, and by 1930 he was listed as a patient at the Loomis
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All agree that a woman’s blush is becoming, some insist it is becoming obsolete – Some college graduates who think they have drunk at the
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In 1918 Fife's film career was interrupted for a short period while he served as a sergeant over the waning months of the
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and syndicated articles in newspapers. He was noted for his one- or two-line quips on modern life – e.g.,
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a well-known Dallas businessman, died in 1911. Fife first worked as a cub reporter for the
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Shannon Fife died on May 7, 1972, in Dallas, Texas, aged 84.
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