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But there are a number of attitudes that should not be emotionally or psychologically ingested by young people.

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Stanley Crouch
Age: 74 †
Born: 1945
Born: December 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 16
Journalist
Music Critic
Musician
Novelist
Poet
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LA
California
Stanley Lawrence Crouch
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