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Robert Service, died this day, 1958

From the Toronto Globe & Mail: Writer born Jan. 16, 1874, at Preston, England; immigrated to Canada in 1896 in hopes of becoming a cowboy; took job as bank teller in Whitehorse; wrote series of Gold Rush poems and novels, including The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee;died at Lancieux, France.

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