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What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Difficult
Proudest
Sanity
Accomplishment
Kept
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