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It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

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Russell Baker
Age: 93 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 14
Died: 2019
Died: January 21
Autobiographer
Journalist
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Morrisonville
Virginia
Russell Wayne Baker
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Elizabeth
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Etiquette is the grease that makes it possible for all of us to rub together without unnecessary overheating.
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