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Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol.

Fletcher Knebel

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Fletcher Knebel
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: October 1
Died: 1993
Died: February 26
Author
Journalist
Novelist
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Dayton
Ohio
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Fifty
Horse
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