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TNNurse

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89. No, I was not alive then.

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:23 PM

Nov 2021

But I do know some of the history and implications. I do know he was shot on the 14th and died on the 15th, but I do not have memories of all the events from watching them on TV.

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I'm confused. ShazzieB Nov 2021 #51

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