Danny Strong

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CTL-P-1209 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-03279 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-1209. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Creator of Empire

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Creator of Empire

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Role(s): creator
Known for: Creator of Empire

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http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2015/08/24/lincoln-and-pepsi-to-serve-as-official-sponsors-for-season-two-of-empire-298000/20150824fox01/ (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Empire was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong; the pilot was written by Daniels and Strong (FOX press release via Futon Critic: 'The series is created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong').

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