| Forbes Burnham AKA Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham Born: 20-Feb-1923
Birthplace: Georgetown, British Guiana
Died: 6-Aug-1985
Location of death: Georgetown, Guyana
Cause of death: Complications of Surgery
Remains: Mummified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Guyana
Executive summary: President of Guyana, 1980-85 Held rigged elections in 1973, 1978, and 1980. Father: James Ethelbert Burnham
Mother: Rachel Abigail Sampson
Wife: Sheila Bernice Lataste (m. 1951, three daughters)
Daughter: Roxane
Daughter: Annabelle
Daughter: Francesca
Wife: Viola Victorine Harper (m. 1967, two daughters, one son adopted)
Daughter: Melanie
Daughter: Ulele
Son: Kamana (adopted)
High School: Central High School
University: Queen's College Georgetown
Law School: LLB, University of London (1947)
President of Guyana (6-Oct-1980 to 6-Aug-1985, his death)
Prime Minister of Guyana (26-May-1966 to 6-Oct-1980)
British Guiana Mayor Georgetown (1959-64)
British Guiana Minister Education (1953)
People's National Congress (Guyana) Founder (1958)
People's Progressive Party Co-Founder (1950)
Traveled to North Korea
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