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I played with [Dwight Eisenhower] on the day after I won the Masters at his request. We became everlasting friends. I was with him the day before he died at Walter Reed.

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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