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  1. 01-11-2021 15:59 #1

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    Default Tuskegee Airman Theodore Lumpkin Dies of COVID Days Before 101st Birthday

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    https://people.com/human-interest/tu...01st-birthday/
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  2. 01-11-2021 16:25 #2

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    Sad, very sad. 101 is a very good lifetime. Thanks for the bravery soldier. RIP.
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  3. 01-11-2021 17:59 #3

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    What a sad end for a hero.
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    Yes a sad end to a WW2 hero.

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    rest in well deserved peace brave warrior.
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    Remarkable man. RIP
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    Another hero gone. He will be missed.
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    May he rest in peace.
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    101, that is a good innings, he and his colleagues were an inspiration to so many, for so many reasons. R.I.P.

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