Guy Burgess, KGB Spy

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Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess

Also Known As: "Hicks"
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Birthplace: Devonport, Devon, England, UK
Death: August 30, 1963 (52)
Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (USSR)
Immediate Family:

Son of Malcolm Kingsford de Moncy Burgess and Evelyn Mary Gillman
Brother of Nigel George Kingsford Burgess

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About Guy Burgess, KGB Spy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Burgess

Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was part of the Cambridge Five spy ring that passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, Kim Philby and John Cairncross were the five members of the spy ring who contributed to the Communist cause with the transmission of secret Foreign Office and MI5 documents that described NATO military and Marshall Plan economic strategy.

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Guy Burgess, KGB Spy's Timeline

1911
April 16, 1911
Devonport, Devon, England, UK
1963
August 30, 1963
Age 52
Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (USSR)