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Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.

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Rupert Murdoch
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: March 11
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Melbourne
Australia
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So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I don't want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. I'm just not ready to stop, to die.
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