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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales
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In Weston–super–Mare, England.
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His family moved to Kent in England, and he was sent to Repton Public School.
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Dahl joined the Royal Air Force and learned to fly warplanes. Unfortunately, on his first flight into enemy territory he ran out of fuel and crashed in the Libyan desert. He fractured his skull but managed to crawl out of the burning plane.
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His first story was a newspaper account of his air crash.
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He moved back home to UK and published his first short story collection.
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He returned to America and met his first wife, the actress Patricia Neal.
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Roald Dahl married Patricia Neal.
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This year Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal got divorced. And he married Felicity Ann d'Abreu.
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He died in Oxford, England.
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On 13th September 2006 - the day that would have been Roald’s 90th birthday - the first-ever Roald Dahl Day takes place across the world.
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