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- Gwen Matthewman (1927 — 6 March 2014 (aged 86)) born in Streethouse, later of Featherstone, was an English Guinness World Record holder in knitting between 1980 and 2005. In 1968 her knitting technique was analysed by Japanese professors in Tokyo. Before Apollo 11's departure for the moon Gwen knitted a sweater for Neil Armstrong, and received a letter of receipt from Robert R. Gilruth, the director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center. The sweater is held at the Ohio History Center. A copy of this sweater was worn by Danny Lloyd in the role of Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Gwen knitted a sweater for boxer Richard Dunn prior to his The Ring, World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) World Heavyweight title defeat by Muhammad Ali at Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany on Monday 24 May 1976. (en)
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