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My dad had more compassion than me. He was nonjudgmental. He didn't care where you stood politically. He just took you as a person on face value. He could love all stripes, and that's why all stripes claim him. He didn't judge.

Rosanne Cash

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Rosanne Cash
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 24
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