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English singer, actor, and Olympic skier Noel Harrison
January 29 1934 – October, 20 2013
-Son of British actor Sir Rex Harrison.
-Harrison appeared as Mark Slate in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., as the co-star of Stefanie Powers (April Dancer).
-He recorded "The Windmills of Your Mind", the theme from the film The Thomas Crown Affair, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968.
-At an early age he was a member of the British ski team, becoming its first giant-slalom champion in 1953, and representing Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway and at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
BBC News: Noel Harrison
Official Noel Harrison webpage
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