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Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

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Peter Drucker
Age: 95 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 19
Died: 2005
Died: November 11
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Businessperson
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Economist
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Vienna
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Peter F. Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
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