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Never insult seven men when all your packing is a six-shooter.

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Zane Grey
Age: 67 †
Born: 1872
Born: January 31
Died: 1939
Died: October 23
Author
Baseball Player
Dentist
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Zanesville
Ohio
Men
Shooter
Packing
Insult
Six
Seven
Never

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