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If all you can do is judge a person by their appearance, because you don't have the spirit to judge someone from within, you're in trouble.

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Dick Gregory
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 12
Died: 2017
Died: August 19
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St. Louis
Missouri
Richard Claxton Gregory
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