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Harry Hopkins
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Age55 (age at death)
Birthday 17 August, 1890
Birthplace Sioux City, Iowa
Died 29 January, 1946
Place of Death New York City, New York, U.S.
Zodiac Sign Leo
Nationality American
Occupation Government
Claim to Fame adviser to FDR
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Harry Lloyd Hopkins (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was the 8th Secretary of Commerce, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisor on foreign policy during World War II. He was one of the architects of the New Deal, especially the relief programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country. In World War II, he was Roosevelt's chief diplomatic troubleshooter and liaison with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. He supervised the $50 billion Lend Lease program of military aid to the Allies.

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