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There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.
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
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
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Zanesville
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