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Pearl Mary Gibbs (1901-1983)
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Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
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Bob Brozman (1954-2013)
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Victor Wood (1946-2021)
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Harvey Bullock (1921-2006)
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David Halberstam (1934-2007)
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