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This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
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Cheques
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Evening
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