Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: johannesburg - alt: sammy marks - death date: 18 february 1920 - birth date: 1843 - name: sammy marks - image size: sammy marks - organization: business - image: file : sammy-marks01 . jpg - birth place: Zemaiciu naumiestis , lithuania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sammy marks .
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samuel marks , better known as sammy marks -lrb- 1843 -- 18 february 1920 -rrb- , was a lithuanian-born south african industrialist and financier .