Donn Fendler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American lost child
Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1926
Place of Birth: Rye, New York, United States
Date of Death: 09-Oct-2016
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Donn Fendler
- Donn Charles Fendler (August 29, 1926 – October 9, 2016) was an American author and public speaker from Rye, New York.
- In July of 1939 at the age of 12, he got separated from his family and became lost on Maine's Mount Katahdin.
- His disappearance launched a manhunt which became front page news throughout the nation and involved hundreds of volunteers.
- Donn survived for nine days without food or proper clothing, before following a stream and telephone line out of the woods near Stacyville, Maine.
- Fendler was dehydrated, covered with insect bites, and 16 pounds lighter than at the beginning of his odyssey, but otherwise unharmed.
- He credited his experience as a Boy Scout in helping him survive the ordeal.
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