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tulipsandroses

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18. Agreed. He did a 60 minutes interview years ago, he was asked why his grandfather left Canada to go to South Africa

Reply to Hugin (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 02:12 PM

Jan 2025

None of this was mentioned. His response was that he was an adventurer that liked to fly planes. Disappointed that 60 minutes did not push further on this. They had to know all this information going into that interview.

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