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I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the wilderness.
Wilbur Smith
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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
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Broken Hill
Wilbur Addison Smith
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