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But the biggest thing that has happened in the world in my life, in our lives, is this: By the grace of God, America won the Cold War.

George H. W. Bush

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George H. W. Bush
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 30
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