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Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don't know? Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?

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Alan Jackson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 17
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Alan Eugene Jackson
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