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Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty.

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Russell Baker
Age: 93 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 14
Died: 2019
Died: January 21
Autobiographer
Journalist
Writer
Morrisonville
Virginia
Russell Wayne Baker
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Ravaged
Watergate
Washington
Honesty
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Cities

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