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I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought me one.

Redd Foxx

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Redd Foxx
Age: 68 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 9
Died: 1991
Died: November 11
Actor
Comedian
Television Actor
St. Louis
Missouri
John Elroy Sanford
John Sanford
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