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October 20, 1946 march 20, 1994 was an american writer and. The georgia writer, who died suddenly if not surprisingly at 47 in 1994 following his fourth openheart surgery, was the legendary atlanta journalconstitution columnist, humorist and author of bestselling books with such titles as elvis is dead and i don. The atlantajournal constitution writer delighted readers for decades with his anecdotes about life below the masondixon line, and most of the time, we could totally relate. C s lewis biography clive staples lewis 29 november 1898 22 november 1963, commonly referred to as c. Grizzard was syndicated in 450 newspapers, more than half from north carolina to texas, called by some the grizzard belt. Very few people could catch the essence of the south quite like lewis grizzard. Generate a random story title thats relevant to your genre. Lewis grizzard on the road with lewis grizzard 1985, cd.
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