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Notable Achievements at Age 32
Sentenced to 25 years; ordered to forfeit $11.02B
Judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison and ordered forfeiture of $11.02 billion for fraud and related crimes.
Married Marco Maestri
Simon Porte Jacquemus married French digital agent Marco Maestri at Charleval town hall, Bouches-du-Rhône.
Married Shawn Townsend
Married Shawn Townsend in a surprise Washington, D.C. ceremony.
Awarded PhD in Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab
Completed doctoral thesis 'Facing the Coded Gaze with Evocative Audits and Algorithmic Audits' under advisor Ethan Zuckerman.
Featured entertainer at the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner
Delivered a 19-minute roast-style monologue that targeted the Trump administration, Sarah Sanders and the media; generated major national controversy and debate.
Everybody premiered Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre
Everybody (a modern riff on Everyman) began previews Jan 31, 2017 and officially opened Feb 21, directed by Lila Neugebauer.
Received Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Honored at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards; also won Video of the Year for 'Mirrors'.
Released 'The 20/20 Experience'
Album debuted at #1 with ~968,000 copies sold in the U.S. first week; became the best‑selling album of 2013 in the U.S.
Birth of first daughter, Lincoln Bell Shepard
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard welcomed their first daughter in March 2013.
Returned to music with single 'Suit & Tie' (feat. Jay‑Z)
Lead single from The 20/20 Experience announced in January 2013; peaked top 5 on Hot 100.
Married Amy Sanders
Married Amy Hoover Sanders, who later ran Stanton Street and whose family provided financial support during later campaigns.
iPod launched
Apple launched the first iPod in October 2001; Fadell led design and production teams responsible for the product.
Death from pancreatic cancer
Died in Little Rock, Arkansas of pancreatic cancer on February 26, 1994; buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Leakesville, Mississippi.
Awarded PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia University
Completed doctoral thesis 'A Study of the Abundance Distributions Along the Minor Axis of the Galactic Bulge' under advisor R. Michael Rich.
Moved to the United States (editor-exchange)
Emigrated to the U.S. as part of an editor-exchange between New Statesman and The Nation; began a long period writing in America.
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