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Also Known As Ieoh Ming Pei
Born April 26, 1917 • Guangzhou • China
Died May 16, 2019 (aged 102) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1993) • Praemium Imperiale (1989) • Pritzker Prize (1983)

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