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On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Flea
Giraffe
Fleas
Neck
Necks
Immortality
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Believe

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