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Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.

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Haile Selassie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1892
Born: July 23
Died: 1975
Died: August 26
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Haile Selassie
Ras Tafari
Tafari Makonnen
Always
Mahatma
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Remembered
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Freedom
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