Six Decades of Secrecy: Hollywood Hero Clint Eastwood Is a Plane Crash Survivor

Six Decades of Secrecy: Hollywood Hero Clint Eastwood Is a Plane Crash Survivor
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Movie star and director Clint Eastwood, born in 1930, rose to fame as an icon of masculinity after roles in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns and as an anti-hero cop in the Dirty Harry franchise. Eastwood has also had a significant career in American politics.
Clint Eastwood on June 9, 2014, in New York City (©Getty Images | <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/clint-eastwood-attends-the-jersey-boys-special-screening-news-photo/450359084">Mireya Acierto</a>)
Clint Eastwood on June 9, 2014, in New York City ©Getty Images | Mireya Acierto