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It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true I was raised in a freight car.
Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 6
Died: 2016
Died: April 6
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Bakersfield
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Merle Ronald Haggard
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