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There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.
Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 6
Died: 2016
Died: April 6
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Singer-Songwriter
Bakersfield
California
Merle Ronald Haggard
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