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And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

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Mel Tillis
Age: 85 †
Born: 1932
Born: August 8
Died: 2017
Died: November 19
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Tampa
Florida
Lonnie Melvin Tillis
Started
Talk
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