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People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
Actor
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Film Producer
Journalist
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Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
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