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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1905-11; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for
the 7th Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; took
senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper
in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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Don Martin Mankiewicz (1922-2015) —
also known as Don M. Mankiewicz —
of East Norwich, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
January
30, 1922.
Democrat. Novelist;
screenwriter
for dozens of television
shows; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1960
(alternate), 1972;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Jewish.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 2015 (age 93 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Fabian Mankiewicz (1924-2014) —
also known as Frank Mankiewicz —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for
California
state assembly, 1950; lawyer; author;
press secretary for Robert
F. Kennedy, 1966-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1968;
campaign manager for George
McGovern's presidential campaign, 1972; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1976; president,
National Public Radio,
1977-83.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure while suffering from lung
problems, in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., October
23, 2014 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Haskell Harold Marks (b. 1880) —
also known as Haskell H. Marks —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
24, 1880.
Republican. Jeweler;
member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1929-33;
defeated, 1933.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Marks and Anna (Aronberg) Marks. |
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Jacob Marks (b. 1861) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 12th District, 1894;
member of New York
state senate 18th District, 1905-06; municipal judge in New York,
1907-27.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wolff Marks and Henrietta (Rothschild) Marks; married to Henrietta
Barnett. |
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Jerome W. Marks (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 22,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-68 (New York County 4th District 1963-65,
67th District 1966, 61st District 1967-68).
Jewish. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Legion; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marcus M. Marks (b. 1858) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., March
18, 1858.
President, National Daylight Saving Association; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1914-17.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Marks and Leontine (Meyer) Marks; married, May 21,
1890, to Esther Friedman. |
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Naomi Caplan Matusow (b. 1938) —
also known as Naomi Matusow —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1988
(alternate), 2000;
member of New York
state assembly, 1993.
Female.
Jewish. Member, Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) —
also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley
Darvin —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born, in Bushwick Hospital,
Rockland
County, N.Y., November
21, 1922.
Democrat. Economist;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1970; Maryland
state treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Jewish. Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American
Association of University Women; National
Organization for Women.
Elected to Maryland Women's Hall of
Fame, 1990.
Died of a brain
tumor, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 17,
1996 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.
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Mitchell May (1870-1961) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1899-1901; secretary
of state of New York, 1913-14; defeated, 1914; county judge in
New York, 1916-21; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922-40.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
24, 1961 (age 90 years, 257
days).
Interment at Ocean
View Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Julius Marshuetz Mayer (1865-1925) —
also known as Julius M. Mayer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908;
New
York state attorney general, 1905-06; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1912-21; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1921-24; resigned
1924.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from heart
disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1925 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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George Z. Medalie (c.1884-1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1920,
1936,
1944;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1931-33;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1932; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1945-46; died in office 1946.
Jewish.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 5,
1946 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Isaac Meseritz —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1904.
Jewish.
Interment at Mochom
Shalom Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y.
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Ruth W. Messinger (b. 1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1940.
Democrat. Member, New York City Council, 1978-89; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1996;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1990-97; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1997; president and CEO, American Jewish
World Service, 1998-.
Female.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cross-reference:
Gale
Brewer |
| | | Campaign slogan (1997): "The Compassion
to Serve, the Commitment to Advocate, the Courage to
Lead." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Ruth Messinger for Mayor
campaign (1997) |
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper
in 1933, and was its publisher
until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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George M. Michaels (c.1910-1992) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born about 1910.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 47th District, 1946; member of New York
state assembly, 1961-66, 1969-70 (Cayuga County 1961-65, 137th
District 1966, 122nd District 1969-70); defeated, 1942.
Jewish.
In April 1970, when the vote in the State Assembly was tied, he
changed his vote and passed the bill which made New York the first
state to legalize abortion.
Died in 1992
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) —
also known as Arthur Miller —
of Roxbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1915.
Democrat. Playwright;
author of such plays as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible";
received the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama in 1949; because he was suspected
of ties to Communist
organizations, his passport was
denied in 1954; compelled to testify before the House Un-American
Activities Committee in 1956; he refused to name his political
colleagues, and was found
guilty of contempt
of Congress in 1957; the conviction was overturned on appeal;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1968.
Agnostic.
Jewish ancestry.
Died in Roxbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 116
days).
Interment at Great Oak Cemetery, Roxbury, Conn.
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Julius Miller (1880-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
12, 1880.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1919-20; defeated, 1920; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1922-30; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933-50.
Jewish.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
3, 1955 (age 75 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Pincus Miller and Bertha (Thorn) Miller; married, June 11,
1922, to Diane Goldstein. |
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Hyman E. Mintz (c.1909-1966) —
also known as Bucky Mintz —
of South Fallsburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born about 1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1951-65.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Indicted
in 1965 on bribery
charges;
convicted
in February 1966, and sentenced
to a year in prison.
Died, following a heart
attack, while serving a prison
sentence, in Bellevue Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1966 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892-1949) —
also known as Elinor F. Morgenthau; Elinor
Fatman —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1892.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, from a liver
ailment, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1949 (age 57 years, 214
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Henry Morgenthau (1856-1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
April
26, 1856.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1913-16; director, Underwood Typewriter
Company; director, Equitable Life
Assurance Society of U.S.; president, Herald Square Realty
Company; director, Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Jewish.
Died following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
25, 1946 (age 90 years, 213
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891-1967) —
of Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Wiccopee, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1891.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1934-45.
Jewish.
Died February
6, 1967 (age 75 years, 271
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
Morgenthau and Josephine (Sykes) Morgenthau; married, November
21, 1951, to Marcella Puthan; married, April
17, 1916, to Elinor
Fatman; father of Robert
Morris Morgenthau. |
| | | Political family: Morgenthau-Lehman
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Morgenthau, Jr.:
Herbert Levy, Henry
Morgenthau, Jr.: The Remarkable Life of FDR's Secretary of the
Treasury |
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Robert Morris Morgenthau (1919-2019) —
also known as Robert M. Morgenthau —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 31,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1961-62, 1962-70;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1962; New
York County District Attorney, 1975-2009.
Jewish.
Died, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 21,
2019 (age 99 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
11, 1927.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish; later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Mosberg (b. 1908) —
of Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1958-67 (6th District 1958-65, 10th District 1966,
11th District 1967).
Jewish. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; NAACP; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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Grover M. Moscowitz (1886-1947) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., August
31, 1886.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-47;
died in office 1947; his practice of giving lucrative bankruptcy
receiverships to members of his former partner's law firm was condemned
as unethical
by the U.S. House on April 8, 1930.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
31, 1947 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Grover M. Moscowitz Jr. (1916-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 8th District, 1948; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1952.
Jewish.
Died December
26, 1998 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Star of David Memorial Garden, North Lauderdale, Fla.
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Robert Moses (1888-1981) —
also known as "The Great Builder" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
18, 1888.
Republican. Secretary
of state of New York, 1927-28; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1936;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 1st District, 1938;
as head of multiple state and city agencies, led the building of
dozens of major projects, including highways, bridges, parks, and
public housing.
Jewish ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of heart
disease, in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 29,
1981 (age 92 years, 223
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; statue at Village
Hall Grounds, Babylon, Long Island, N.Y.
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Abraham Jacob Multer (1900-1986) —
also known as Abraham J. Multer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
24, 1900.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1947-67 (14th District 1947-53,
13th District 1953-67); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
state court judge in New York, 1968-77.
Jewish.
Died November
4, 1986 (age 85 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Moses Myers (1752-1835) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1752.
Merchant;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1820.
Jewish.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., July 10,
1835 (age about 83
years).
Interment somewhere
in Norfolk, Va.
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Bess Myerson (1924-2014) —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Miss America, 1945; first
and only Jewish woman to win the pageant; musician; television
personality; New York City commissioner of consumer affairs,
1969-73, and commissioner of cultural affairs, 1983-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980; accused in 1987 of bribing
Justice Hortense
Gabel by giving her daughter
a city job; meanwhile, the judge reduced child support payments for
Carl Andrew Capasso, Myerson's married
lover; the scandal
was called the "Bess Mess"; she was forced to resign as city consumer
affairs commissioner; indicted
on federal bribery
charges in 1988, along with Capasso and Gabel; tried
and found not guilty.
Female.
Jewish.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
14, 2014 (age 90 years, 151
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
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