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A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.

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Charley Pride
Age: 82 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 18
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Baseball Player
Businessperson
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Sledge
Mississippi
Charley Frank Pride
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I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
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Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.
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Besides good schools, a good airport, and the Cowboys, Dallas had golf courses, and golf was fast becoming an obsession with me.
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I loved Mississippi and do to this day. The rainbows that stretch from horizon to horizon after a summer rain are the most spectacular I have ever seen.
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