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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
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He married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.
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Some time between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52. He died after a month of signing his will.