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I eat cold eels and think distant thoughts.

Jack Johnson

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Jack Johnson
Age: 68 †
Born: 1878
Born: March 31
Died: 1946
Died: June 10
Athlete
Boxer
Galveston
Texas
John Johnson
John Arthur Johnson
Galveston Giant
Eels
Distant
Thoughts
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