Question: Facts:   - years active: late 1950s -- present    - birth name: david spencer    - genre: pop      - birth date: 10 april 1939    - name: ricky valance    - background: solo_singer    - label: columbia , decca , crystal    - birth place: ynysddu , monmouthshire , south wales    - occupation: singer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ricky valance .
Answer: ricky valance -lrb- born 10 april 1939 -rrb- is a welsh singer .he is best known for the number one single `` tell laura i love her '' , which sold over a million copies in 1960 .

Question: Facts:   - death place: mexico city , mexico    - death date: 27 april 1997      - birth date: 24 april 1907    - name: gabriel figueroa    - image: gabrielfigueroa.jpg    - birth place: mexico city , mexico   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gabriel figueroa .
Answer: gabriel figueroa mateos -lrb- april 24 , 1907 -- april 27 , 1997 -rrb- was a mexican cinematographer who worked both in mexican cinema and hollywood .his mother died after giving birth to him .his father , unable to cope with the loss of his wife , left gabriel and his brother roberto to be cared for by their aunts .he studied painting at the academia de san carlos , and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to josé guadalupe velasco .he later befriended other photographers , such as gilberto martínez solares and raúl martínez solares , and these three would then move on to cinematography .figueroa made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film revolución of miguel contreras torres .he was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the howard hawks film `` viva villa ! '' .after a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the united states where the established director of photography gregg toland taught figueroa .back in mexico , his first film was fernando de fuentes 's `` allá en el rancho grande '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- which would become one of the most popular films in mexico and latin america , and gave him his first award at the venice film festival .he filmed 235 movies over 50 years , including `` los olvidados '' by luis buñuel , `` the night of the iguana '' by john huston , `` the fugitive '' by john ford , and `` río escondido '' by emilio fernández .one of his main collaborators was fernández , with whom he shot twenty films , some of which won prizes at the venice film festival , the cannes film festival , and the berlin film festival .after collaborating with fernández and buñuel on their films with such actors as dolores del río , pedro armendáriz , maría félix , jorge negrete , columba domínguez , and silvia pinal , figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers active in méxico .

Question: Facts:   - role: rider    - proteam: -    - updated: 25 september 2007    - majorwins: world motor-paced hour record holder    - death date: 26 april 1949    - proyears: 1900-1914    - nickname: tommy      - birth date: october -- december 1887    - fullname: william thomas hall    - name: tommy hall    - discipline: track   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tommy hall -lrb- cyclist -rrb- .
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