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It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Safe
Coming
Chance
Certain
Back
Something
Nostalgic
Never
Nostalgia
Absolutely

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