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Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born on October 18, 1919 to an upper class Quebecois family. Over the next 80-plus years of his life, the world would see him as a great man in Canadian history and that would be forever remembered throughout the world. During the prime of his life, Trudeau was seen as a man of flavor. He wore the best clothes, drove the best cars, and was seen with the biggest names. He dated Barbara Streisand, Margot Kidder, and classical guitarist Liona Boyd. He could be seen turning pirouettes behind the Queen’s back in Buckingham Palace. Trudeau made the arena of politics fashionable for the new Sixties generation. But, with all the things he had done, and all the people he had met, he found his wife, 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair, at the age of 52. Within his lifetime, Trudeau had traveled all over the world. He started his post-secondary education at the Jean de Brebeuf College, a Jesuit institution. There he would master the philosophy that would guide him through life. He called it “Reason Over Passion,” a motto that he used for the rest of his life to show his calmness under fire and how to keep his temper under control. Afterwards, Trudeau gained a Law degree from the University of Montreal, a