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Speaking of Sir Winston Churchill: He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.
Edward R. Murrow
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Edward R. Murrow
Age: 59 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 25
Died: 1967
Died: April 27
Journalist
Greensboro
North Carolina
Edward Roscoe Murrow
Egbert Roscoe Murrow
Egbert Murrow
Edward Murrow
Ed Murrow
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