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You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
David Rockefeller
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David Rockefeller
Age: 101 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: March 20
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