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- Rudolf Bing was born on January 9, 1902 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was married to Carroll Lee Douglass and Nina Schelemskaya-Schlesnaya. He died on September 2, 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesCarroll Lee Douglass(January 9, 1987 - September 6, 1989) (annulled)Nina Schelemskaya-Schlesnaya(December 7, 1929 - December 21, 1983) (her death)
- RelativesHerman Bing(Sibling)
- Became a British subject in 1946.
- Knighted by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1971.
- General Manager of the (New York) Metropolitan Opera, 1950-1972.
- Biography in: "American National Biography." Supplement 1, pp. 43-44. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Conceived and co-founded the Edinburgh Festival in 1947.
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