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Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.

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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
Baseball
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Harder
Early
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Anything

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As far back as I can remember, the radio held a special fascination for me.
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I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
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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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A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.
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