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A life without criticism is not worth living.

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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
Bobby Kennedy
RFK
Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy
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