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- Birth nameGuillermo Alfredo Eduardo Eppridge
- Bill Eppridge was born on March 20, 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is known for CBS News Special Report: The Shooting of Robert F. Kennedy (1968), An Unlikely Weapon (2008) and The Last Days of Kennedy and King (1998). He was married to Adrienne Aurichio. He died on October 3, 2013 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseAdrienne Aurichio(? - October 3, 2013) (his death)
- When The Beatles first visited the United States, they called him "Mr. Life Magazine" so they invited him to their hotel room and rehearsals.
- As a staff photographer for Life Magazine, he covered a wide variety of stories, from revolutions in Latin America to the Beatles' arrival in the US. He also worked for other magazines, including Time and Sports Illustrated.
- His 1965 photo essay about a drug-addicted couple inspired the film The Panic in Needle Park (1971).
- After Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, he quit photographing politicians. He did, however, hang out a window to photograph the crowds that lined the railroad tracks as the senator's funeral train went by.
- His father was a chemical engineer.
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