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Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001).
Born March 26th, 1917 in Cayce. [ref]
Died December 15th, 2001 at 84 years old in Memphis (heart failure). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel