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A lump in the throat is worth two on the head.

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Walt Kelly
Age: 60 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 25
Died: 1973
Died: October 18
Animator
Character Animator
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
Journalist
Reporter
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Crawford Kelly
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