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All my heroes, I guess, like John Wayne and all those guys, they drank and they smoked and did all the manly things. It was expected of you. And now abstinence in all kinds of forms is a part of living. It's a pretty - I don't smoke anymore, I quit that 42 years ago

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Larry Hagman
Age: 81 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 21
Died: 2012
Died: November 23
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