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Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

Walter Hagen

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Walter Hagen
Age: 76 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 21
Died: 1969
Died: October 5
Golfer
Rochester
New York
Walter Charles Hagen
Roses
Smell
Rose
Stop
Forget

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