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So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born.
Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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James Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes
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