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luvs2sing

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6. Oh, I loved him as a teenager!

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:05 AM

Jun 2020

Read his autobiography, “What’s It Like Out There?”. It was just as you describe him, humble, self-deprecating, and very, very funny. Still remember Indy in ‘69..❤️

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