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So please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.

Shel Silverstein

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Shel Silverstein
Age: 66 †
Born: 1932
Born: September 25
Died: 1999
Died: May 10
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Chicago
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Uncle Shelby
Sheldon Allan Silverstein
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Stars
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