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davidn3600

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33. And some are dead

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 09:34 AM

Jan 2016

There was the big story a few years ago about the guy in Florida, Abraham Shakespeare, who won the state lotto, and he ended up dead. A tragic story because Shakespeare was not very educated. He went from rags to riches. He dropped out of high school and worked as a day laborer for various jobs and was poor. He was also barely literate. Because of that, he was easily taken advantage of by friends and family when he won. A person he went into business with stole his money and then killed him.

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