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He was known as "Lucky Lindy" and inspired a dance, the "Lindy Hop."
 
He was known as "Lucky Lindy" and inspired a dance, the "Lindy Hop."
==Kidnapping==
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==Family life vs. fame==
In 1929 Lindbergh married Anne Morrow (1906-2001), daughter of a wealthy diplomat; they had six children and she became a famous author in her own right. In 1932 their first son was kidnapped, and killed, by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He went on trial in 1935. Although treated as a social event by some, and as a carnival by others, the trial did bring out concrete evidence which proved Hauptmann's guilt.  
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In 1929 Lindbergh married Anne Morrow (1906-2001), daughter of a wealthy diplomat; they had six children and she became a famous author in her own right. She desired a degree of privacy impossible to find. The more the couple tried to avoid reporters, the more they were hounded.  [http://books.google.com/books?id=TT7nSy5BNQYC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=a+%22good+marriage%22+is+not+something+you+find,+it%27s+something+you+work+for&source=bl&ots=fLq9RjrUBX&sig=HYprKgTRzBNWMT_NP4Tje5OfwWg&hl=en&ei=467DSfOcHoyqMrD-lYsK&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA139,M1]
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===Son murdered===
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In 1932 their first son was kidnapped, and killed, by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He went on trial in 1935. Although treated as a social event by some, and as a carnival by others, the trial did bring out concrete evidence which proved Hauptmann's guilt.  
    
The crime and investigation were perhaps the most infamous of the time.  The Lindbergh's left the country and settled in France. In his later years, Lindbergh lived in self-induced obscurity at his home in Hana, [[Hawaii]] where he died of [[Cancer]] August 26, 1974.
 
The crime and investigation were perhaps the most infamous of the time.  The Lindbergh's left the country and settled in France. In his later years, Lindbergh lived in self-induced obscurity at his home in Hana, [[Hawaii]] where he died of [[Cancer]] August 26, 1974.
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