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We're all idealistic when young.

Pat Oliphant

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Pat Oliphant
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 24
Editorial Cartoonist
Journalist
Painter
Sculptor
Greater Adelaide
Patrick Oliphant
Patrick Bruce Oliphant
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