data/processed/Chow_Yun-fat.final_en.timeline.json

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      "year": 1955,
      "event": "Born in Lamma Island, Hong Kong",
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      "year": 1973,
      "event": "Joined TVB actor training program at 18",
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      "year": 1979,
      "event": "Breakout role in The Good, The Bad And The Ugly",
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      "year": 1981,
      "event": "First acclaimed film: The Story of Woo Viet",
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      "year": 1983,
      "event": "Married Candice Yu (1983)",
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      "year": 1986,
      "event": "Became a box-office superstar with A Better Tomorrow",
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      "year": 1986,
      "event": "Begins with John Woo's Le Syndicat du crime",
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      "year": 1986,
      "event": "Married Jasmine Tan",
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      "year": 1989,
      "event": "Reaches the peak of his art with Dieux du jeu",
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      "year": 1989,
      "event": "Won Best Actor at Golden Horse Awards for God of Gamblers",
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      "year": 1991,
      "event": "Stillborn daughter",
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      "year": 1998,
      "event": "Begins career in the United States",
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      "year": 1998,
      "event": "Hollywood debut in The Replacement Killers",
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      "year": 1998,
      "event": "Stars with Mira Sorvino in Un tueur pour cible",
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      "year": 1999,
      "event": "Stars with Jodie Foster in Anna et le Roi",
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      "year": 1999,
      "event": "Stars with Mark Wahlberg in The Enforcer",
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      "year": 2000,
      "event": "Stars with Michelle Yeoh in Tigre et Dragon",
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      "year": 2000,
      "event": "Won Best Actor at Oscars for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon",
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      "year": 2007,
      "event": "Stars with Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End",
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      "year": 2014,
      "event": "Supported Umbrella Movement",
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      "year": 2018,
      "event": "Net worth HK$ 5.6b (2018)",
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      "year": 2018,
      "event": "Planned to donate 99% wealth to charity",
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      "year": 2023,
      "event": "Completed half marathon in 2:30",
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      "year": null,
      "event": "Television appearances",
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      "year": null,
      "event": "Family moved to Kowloon at age 10",
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