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Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
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University Teacher
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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