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If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.
Zane Grey
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Zane Grey
Age: 67 †
Born: 1872
Born: January 31
Died: 1939
Died: October 23
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Baseball Player
Dentist
Film Producer
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Poet
Screenwriter
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Zanesville
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