Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin, (born Sidney Frumkin, 1903-1976), was the first American to become a successful bullfighter. After learning the art of the matador in

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Sidney Franklin - 1903 - 1976 - American - Bullfighter - Matador

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Mexico, he went on to fight bulls in the great arenas of Spain and Latin America.

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Mexico - Spain - Latin America

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Franklin appeared in a number of films in the USA and Mexico, and was highly praised for his

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ability as a bullfighter. However, at one point during the regime of Francisco Franco, he

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was banned from Spain for homosexual activity.

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Spain - Homosexual

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Franklin had an intimate relationship with poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who dedicated poems

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to him.

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