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Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

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Morgan Freeman
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 1
Actor
Aircraft Pilot
Beekeeper
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Film Director
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Ladder
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Literacy
Poverty

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