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Our parents are our first oppressors.
Jerry Rubin
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Jerry Rubin
Age: 56 †
Born: 1938
Born: July 14
Died: 1994
Died: November 28
Businessman
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jerry Clyde Rubin
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