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My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.
Hugh Prather
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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
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Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.
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