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Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper, American film director, screenwriter and producer (1943-2017), joins the Shrine archive with a restrained authority-backed profile.

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Life, work & what’s documented

Tobe Hooper was born on 1943-01-25. Authority records identify Tobe Hooper as American film director, screenwriter and producer (1943-2017). GND career terms include Filmregisseur, Amerikan. Filmregisseur.

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Authority records identify Tobe Hooper as American film director, screenwriter and producer (1943-2017). GND career terms include Filmregisseur, Amerikan. Filmregisseur.

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Age 74 at death. Age context is factual and is not a health or mortality claim.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunAquarius 4.6°

MoonVirgo 19.3°

MercuryAquarius 3.0°

VenusAquarius 21.4°

MarsSagittarius 29.1°

JupiterCancer 18.3°

SaturnGemini 5.7°

UranusGemini 0.7°

NeptuneLibra 1.9°

PlutoLeo 6.1°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated date based. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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Sources & provenance

Library of Congress authority recordLibrary of Congress / 2026-08-31 / identity / confidence: highSupports stable identity, birth year, death year.
German National Library via lobid GND authority recordGerman National Library via lobid GND / 2026-08-31 / identity / confidence: highSupports stable identity, birth year, death year, career classification.

Restrained authority-backed profile from post-210 package 4dc14a55e67dd39989cb1f5a8b2e2a65d080844a2464d900def514ac02d7f254. The research package did not clear an image, so the approved polished no-image presentation is used.

Research last updated 2026-08-31.

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