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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins.

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Russell Baker
Age: 93 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 14
Died: 2019
Died: January 21
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Morrisonville
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Russell Wayne Baker
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