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The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.

Albert Murray

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Albert Murray
Age: 97 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 12
Died: 2013
Died: August 18
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Military Officer
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Nokomis
Alabama
Albert L. Murray
Albert Lee Murray
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