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The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Everyone
History
Would
Shock
Total
Almost
Anyone

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