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It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

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Denis Healey
Age: 98 †
Born: 1917
Born: August 30
Died: 2015
Died: October 3
Autobiographer
Chancellor Of The Exchequer
Engineer
Politician
Writer
Denis Winston Healey
Baron Healey
Denis Winston Healey
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