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Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
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William Jacob Cuppy
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