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Bluenorthwest

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14. 72 is the passing of time, I'm of the generation where many died very young while Reagan laughed

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 07:57 AM

Mar 2016

about it so this sort of 'oh 72 is too young' stuff always strikes me as privilege talk out of the sort of people who favored Reagan's silence and think Ron and Nancy cured AIDS. 72. That's old. '

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Thanks. 840high Mar 2016 #2

Well that's sad. rusty quoin Mar 2016 #3

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I was on the phone this evening with a friend who told me he'd died. SheilaT Mar 2016 #5

I know. At first I thought 840high Mar 2016 #6

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72 is the passing of time, I'm of the generation where many died very young while Reagan laughed Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #14

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