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We've got to break through the wall of secrecy. It's America's fate.

Helen Thomas

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Helen Thomas
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 4
Died: 2013
Died: July 20
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Journalist
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Winchester
Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas
Secrecy
Fate
Wall
Break
America

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