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At first blush, it seems that the young people who were shot down in the parking lot at the base of Blanket Hill gave up their lives for a dream that died with them.

William Kunstler

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William Kunstler
Age: 76 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 7
Died: 1995
Died: September 5
Actor
Lawyer
New York City
New York
William Moses Kunstler
William M. Kunstler
Gave
Parking
Lives
Blanket
Dream
Hill
Seems
Base
Young
Hills
Firsts
Shot
First
Shots
People
Died
Blush

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