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The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.

William Feather

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William Feather
Age: 91 †
Born: 1889
Born: August 25
Died: 1981
Died: January 7
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Jamestown
New York
Insurance
Soft
Determination
Succeed
Pretty
Salesmen
Made
Widows
Life
Provocative
Salesman

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