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Man tries to swallow meaning whole as a dog would eat his dinner.
Walt Kelly
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Walt Kelly
Age: 60 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 25
Died: 1973
Died: October 18
Animator
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Journalist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Crawford Kelly
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