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Many, if not most, Americans can imagine a fate worse than death, and it is a seemingly interminable process of dying. For them, it is frightening that politicians can find ways to interject themselves into this sad process.
John C. Danforth
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John C. Danforth
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: September 5
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St. Louis
Missouri
John Claggett Jack Danforth
John Claggett Danforth
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