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The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Never
Men
Infallible
Gentleman
Talking
Always

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