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It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Robert Kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
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Brookline
Massachusetts
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Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
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