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In spite of all that doctors know, and their studies never end, the best cure of all when spirits fall is a kind note from a friend.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
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Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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