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Also Known As Jim Mayo • Louis Dearborn Lamoore • Tex Burns
Born March 22, 1908 • Jamestown • North Dakota
Died June 10, 1988 (aged 80) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (1984)
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