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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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