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Jimmy Carter: Like Mark Twain, George Ade, Ring Lardnor, and James Thurber, S. J. Perelman made a permanent contribution not only to…

On the recordOctober 17, 1979
Like Mark Twain, George Ade, Ring Lardnor, and James Thurber, S. J. Perelman made a permanent contribution not only to American humor but to American literature as well.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Statement on the Death of S. J. Perelman

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