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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on this day in St. Paul, Minnesota
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F. Scott Fitzgerald attended Princeton University
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Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton college then later re-entered in 1916
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Fitzgerald later join the army as a second lieutenant
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He falls in love for a second time with Zelda Sayre
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Fitzgerald wrote and submitted this novel called This Side of Paradise and it became a huge success
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Fitzgerald and Zelda get married
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Four main struggles of Fitzgerald and Zelda throughout the 20’s and 30’s were alcoholism, suicide attempts, careless spending, and affairs
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Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald was born
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The Fitzgeralds, along with their daughter leave for France. After spending some time in Paris, the family moves to the Riviera.
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The Great Gatsby was written and was the defining novel of the 20's but it didn't become a huge success until after Fitzgerald died
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Zelda was diagnosed in Paris with schizophrenia
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Fitzgerald began to work on movie scripts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc to pay off his debts
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The last finished novel of Fitzgerald was called Tender is the Night
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Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood and becomes a scriptwriter. He meets and falls in love with Sheilah Graham, who was a famous Hollywood gossip columnist. And he cheats on his wife with her, and eventually leaves her
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Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood
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Zelda had spent almost 8 years going in and out of mental institutions after Fitzgerald‘s death. 1940-1948
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She became a writer, a journalist, and a prominent member of the Democratic Party. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1992. She died Died: June 18, 1986