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There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running the place.

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
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Nebraska
Donald Wayne Meyer
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