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Victor Lidio Jara was born on September 28, 1932. Victor's parents were farm workers. They did whatever they could to provide him with food.
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On May 22, 1938 Victor Jara started his work as a child. During his young years, he worked hard. He went with his Axe and cut wood for firewood to provide for his family.
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On June 22, 1940 Victor jara’s father had a drinking problem. After a few years of being very unhappy, his father moved to another country. That lead to his mother taking care of him and all of his siblings all alone.
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On March 9, 1947 Victor’s mother had died. Victor’s mother died when he was 15 years old. Jara was devastated after this event. After his mother's death, he went to look for help
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On March 29, 1958, Victor Jara met a woman named Joan Turner Bunster. After Joan’s former marriage broke up they slowly started to date. Then in 1960 then married each other.
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On March 5, 1960, Victor Jara became one of the best Chilean Singers. During the 1960’s Jara was among one of the most prominent practitioners. Jara’s songs were known and performed by American folk artists.
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On February 25, 1962, Victor Jara started to write songs. His few first songs were very personal. There were very much about him. But after that he had a lot of songs about other things that happened in life.
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On January 26, 1965, Victor raised a kid of his own. Her name was Amanda Jara. They also raised Manuel Jara. Manuela was born before Victor and Joan even got married.
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On September 11, 1973, Victor Jara was arrested. He was tourchered. He was tourchered by policemen and security men. It was a very sad day on the day he went to jail.
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On September 16, 1973, Victor Jara had a very painful death. At first he was tourchered while he was in jail. Later on after that he was shot and killed by the security.
