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A sense of humor is an escape valve for the pressures of life.

Richard G. Scott

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Richard G. Scott
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 7
Died: 2015
Died: September 22
Engineer
Nuclear Engineer
Pocatello
Idaho
Richard Gordon Scott
Sense
Life
Valve
Pressures
Escape
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Humor

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