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I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

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Pierre Salinger
Age: 79 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 14
Died: 2004
Died: October 16
Former White House Press Secretary
Journalist
Politician
Writer
San Francisco County
California
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