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Orlando Bloom: South Africa
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Orlando Bloom was born in January 13th, 1977. The son of a business woman/ writer and a Professor of Law at the University of Kent. His father, Harry, a South African, battled the apartheid as a lawyer beside people like Nelson Mandela.
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His adoptive father, Harry Bloom, died when Orlando was 4 and was a legendary figure in antiapartheid circles in South Africa. Harry ... wrote a famous tome called Episode In The Transvaal, was jailed for his beliefs, and worked alongside Nelson Mandela. Orlando and his sister were raised by their mother, Sonia, and a guardian, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, his mother told him that Harry was not his biological father, that Colin was.
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From prnewswire.com: On February 6th, Orlando attended a benefit to raise funds and awareness for orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The New York gala raised an estimated $5.1 million for Raising Malawi and UNICEF. You can view photos at Orlando Love.
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