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Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
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Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
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