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Helen Barbara Kruger, aka Bobbie Nudie, is born in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. She and her husband Nudie Cohn will find fame as designers of extraordinary rhinestone apparel for country music stars including Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Roy Rogers and Gram Parsons. They will also make Elvis Presley's famed $10,000 gold lame suit, as well as outfits for John Lennon and Elton John.
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