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| | Alan Bates Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | He was married to the actress, Victoria Ward, from 1970 until her death in 1992; they had two sons, the actor Benedick Bates and the late Tristan Bates, who died of an asthma attack. |
 | | Bates starred in such international hit films as Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, Zorba the Greek, An Unmarried Woman and Women in Love, but he consciously decided to concentrate on a few well-defined roles, rather than to take everything that came his way. |
 | | Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996, and was knighted in 2003. |
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