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If you don't know what you want to do, it's harder to do it.

Malcolm Forbes

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Malcolm Forbes
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: August 19
Died: 1990
Died: February 24
Art Collector
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Journalist
Politician
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Socialite
Englewood
New Jersey
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