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Richard Nixon: But his memory will live on for generations to come in the music with which he enriched his Nation.

On the recordMay 23, 1974
But his memory will live on for generations to come in the music with which he enriched his Nation.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement on the Death of Duke Ellington.

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