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I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it work, I would play as long as I could walk.

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1929
Born: September 10
Died: 2016
Died: September 25
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Arnold Daniel Palmer
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