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I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Greeks
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Greek
Bed
Poetry
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Bigs
Back
Romans

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