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Nash, Ogden

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Born: 1902 AD
Died: 1971 AD, at 68 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Poets, Writers

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1902 - Born on the 19th of August in Rye, New York.

1920 - He
Attended Harvard for one year.

1931 - He
published his first collection of Poems.

1940 -
He took time to appear on various radio games and comedy shows.

1971 - He died on the 19th of May, Due to Crohn's Disease.






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