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Old Hollywood is just like a desert water in Africa. Hang around long enough and every kind of animal in the world will drift in for refreshments.

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Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Journalist
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Oologah
Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
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Every
Hang
Long
Africa
Kind
Desert
Like
Hollywood
World
Animal
Water
Around
Refreshments
Enough
Drift

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