About Julia Thorne
Lived 1944 – 2006 (aged 61). Julia Thorne was an American writer.
Julia Stimson Thorne (September 16, 1944 – April 27, 2006) was an American writer. She was the first wife of John Kerry, who was a U.S. Senator during their marriage.
Biography Thorne was born in New York City on September 16, 1944, the daughter of Alice (Barry) and Landon Ketchum Thorne Jr. Her maternal great-grandfather was journalist David S. Barry. Thorne spent much of her childhood in Rome where her father worked various jobs. She married Richard J. Charlesworth in 1997 and they moved to Bozeman, Montana. Thorne died from cancer on April 27, 2006, in her home in Concord, Massachusetts.
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American politician
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Julia Thorne was born on 16 September 1944 in New York City.
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Julia Thorne died on 27 April 2006 in Concord.
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Julia Thorne was a writer.
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