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Rick Bragg, 65
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Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918-2011)
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Anne George (1927-2001)
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Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865)
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Michael McCullers, 53
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James Redfield, 74
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Gregory Benford, 83
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