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Revision as of 17:56, 23 September 2003 by Kricxjo (talk | contribs) (Do mention of his affair with Eliot's wife?)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Just explaining what I did for the benefit of people who worked on this:
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Did Russells' mother and father really die when he was young? This doesn't fit in with the accounts of his somewhat unorthodox sexual practices as a young man, which I thought I'd read in a biography (possibly auto-biography). It'd be good to get the facts verified.
- He was 2 years old when his mother died and 4 years old when his father died. -- Someone else 01:44 Nov 20, 2002 (UTC)
Russell pissed off T.S. Eliot because he was responsible for the sexual awakening of his wife, who was always frigid with her husband but not with smooth-talking Russell. Their affair should get a mention. Anyone else want to cover it or shall I? Kricxjo 17:56, 23 Sep 2003 (UTC)