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My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys.
Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby
Age: 76 †
Born: 1917
Born: August 28
Died: 1994
Died: February 6
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Jacob Kurtzberg
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Speaking as a human being, not as a businessman - the unions are great. The unions are great for the working people because they protect you, but I didn't see them that way as a young man. First of all, the papers would connect them with thee communists - labor unions were communists.
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