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Day: January 13, 2016

On the deaths of famous people

The first person of whose death I became aware was Pete Duel. He was an American actor, star of the popular television series Alias Smith and Jones, which followed the adventures of two outlaws in imitation of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Duel committed suicide on the last day of 1971, andRead More

Luke McKernan January 13, 2016March 4, 2017Comments (2)

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