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When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

David Rockefeller

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David Rockefeller
Age: 101 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: March 20
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New York City
New York
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