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Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Paints
Nostalgia
Smile
Paint
Face
Faces
Past
Stony

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