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I was born into wealth and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like food or air.

David Rockefeller

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David Rockefeller
Age: 101 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: March 20
Art Collector
Autobiographer
Banker
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New York City
New York
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Air
Wealth

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