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Alaskan adventurer who lived alone in a log cabin in the remote wilderness for close to 30 years.His regular journal entries, complete with weather and local fauna observations, became published in a memoir called One Man's Wilderness, which became a classic about Alaska.The state of Alaska frequently attracted men who preferred nature and solitude like Timothy Treadwell, the Grizzly Man.
BEFORE FAMEHe retired to the Twin Lakes region of Alaska at the age of 52 after working as a diesel mechanic.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was never married and had no children.
FUN FACTSRichard Proenneke were born on Thursday, in a leap year, birthstone is Emerald, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Dragon, it is 121 days until Richard Proenneke next birthday.
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