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Accidents Quote by Tom Hayden

“The last time I saw Robert Kennedy was in an elevator by accident also, going up, one week before he was shot.” quote by Tom Hayden — Download Open image

“The last time I saw Robert Kennedy was in an elevator by accident also, going up, one week before he was shot.”

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