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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.

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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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Scoundrels
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