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My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come to figure, is a certain kind of love.

Robert Genn

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