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More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Colour
Red
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Loaded

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Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
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