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13 Facts About Bertita Harding

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Bertita Harding was a royal German biographer with an easy and sometimes humorous style that made her a popular author.

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Bertita Harding was born as Bertita Carla Camille Loenarz on 1 November 1902 in Nuremberg, Bavaria.

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Bertita Harding's father, Emil Leonarz, was an engineer from the Rhineland.

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Bertita Harding attended a Catholic school, made trips to Europe and the United States, and learned German, Spanish, English, Hungarian and French.

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Bertita Harding's parents destined her to follow a career as a concert pianist.

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Bertita Harding became a naturalized American citizen in 1927 and began to have some success as concert pianist.

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Bertita Harding spent winters in Indianapolis and the summers in Mexico.

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8.

The couple had an active social life and traveled extensively as Bertita Harding continued her series of lectures around the United States.

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Bertita Harding attended the premier of the film in London.

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Bertita Harding retired to her Spanish Villa at Lomas of Chapultepec, spending her time painting.

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Bertita Harding did not finish a biography of Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia.

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Bertita Harding fought breast cancer that metastasized to the bones.

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Bertita Harding died the same year on 31 December 1971.