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If a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died, what one man's life could be worth, well I wonder what would happen to this world?

Harry Chapin

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Harry Chapin
Age: 38 †
Born: 1942
Born: December 7
Died: 1981
Died: July 16
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Brooklyn
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