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Let's say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person's life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I'd just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.

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John Wayne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 26
Died: 1979
Died: June 11
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