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Died. Sabu Dastagir, 39, Indian-born cinemactor, who became a star at twelve when cast by Director Robert Flaherty in the title role of Elephant Boy, starred in a herd of Eastern westerns (Drums, The Thief of Baghdad); of a heart attack; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 13, 1963 | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

Tired of waiting for his money, the Hollywood lawyer who successfully defended Sabu ("Elephant Boy") Dastagir against a paternity suit last fall, refreshed Sabu's memory with a $50,000 suit for fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Philosophic Mind | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

...Angeles jury listened to British Ballerina Brenda Julier's charges that Cinemactor Sabu ("Elephant Boy") Dastagir, 26, was the father of her two-year-old daughter, heard the defense sum up: "Sabu is not an ordinary movie star, not an ordinary person. He's a very lovable boy [but] his interest in life is animals." The jury voted 9 to 3 to clear Sabu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Strenuous Life | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

Married. Sabu Dastagir, 24, chesty, India-born cinemactor (Elephant Boy, Black Narcissus), wartime 6-24 tailgunner (he won the D.F.C. in 1945); and Marilyn Cooper, 20, blonde cinema bit player; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 1, 1948 | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

Sergeant Sabu ("Elephant Boy") Dastagir, 22-year-old Indian who gained fame & fortune in peacetime films riding on the back of an elephant, was awarded the D.F.C. for riding a U.S. bomber as a tail gunner in an attack on a Japanese convoy off Borneo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Reservations | 3/19/1945 | See Source »

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