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But at the same time I went down into the mines with working miners who are still young men, younger than I am, who are aware that their working life is coming to an end and they feel suddenly cut off.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Life
Ends
Younger
Stills
Suddenly
Young
Aware
Still
Mines
Feel
Cutting
Feels
Coming
Men
Went
Time
Working
Miners

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