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I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I'd fit in perfectly.

Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
Aircraft Pilot
Businessperson
Former United States Senator
Military Officer
Photographer
Politician
Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Morris Goldwater
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