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People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
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Florence Virginia King
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