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Michael Killanin
Person

Michael Killanin

Specialty
Acting
Birth
July 30, 1914 · 84 years
Death
April 25, 1999
Origin
London, England, U.K.

Technical Alias

Michael MorrisMichael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin

Professional Trajectory

Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, when he was 12, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster as Lord Killanin upon turning 21.

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