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Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy
Age: 46 †
Born: 1917
Born: May 29
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
35Th U.S. President
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Brookline
Massachusetts
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Jack Kennedy
President Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
J. F. Kennedy
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