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| | clipfile dot org: The unique life of The Blade's voice in Europe; For nearly 40 years, Fernand Auberjonois brought the ... |
 | | Fernand even had a chance to use his science skills when he performed a series of experiments for Leon Theremin, the Russian scientist who had invented the theremin, the world's first electronic musical instrument, which since has become a staple of quite a few rock bands. |
 | | Auberjonois was accepted into the artistic world of 1930s New York, where, he said, "one just met people in those days." He became close to John Dos Passos, the novelist, and translated some of his short stories into French. |
 | | Auberjonois was grilled by Roy Cohn, the senator's famous assistant, who went on to a career as one of America's least-admired men: a Machiavellian communist-hunting lawyer who was both homophobic and anti-Semitic, despite being both gay and Jewish. |
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