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Sharpshooter, frontierswoman and storyteller Martha Jane Cannary, better known as Calamity Jane, dies aged 51, of from inflammation of the bowels and pneumonia, at the Calloway Hotel, Terry, South Dakota, USA. The musical western movie Calamity Jane, based slightly on her life, will be released in 1953, and she will appear as a character in numerous other films and tv productions.
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