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Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Gardener
Weed
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Weeds

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