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Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.
Jack Kemp
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Jack Kemp
Age: 73 †
Born: 1935
Born: July 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 2
American Football Player
Businessperson
Canadian Football Player
Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Politician
LA
California
Jack French Kemp
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