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When we see something beautiful it calls up raw, naked emotion and that's an embarrassing situation to be in.
Wayne White
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Wayne White
Age: 104
Born: 1920
Born: November 15
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Cartoonist
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University Teacher
Mesa
Arizona
Morton Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Morton Thiebaud
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