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Also Known As	Albert Lee Murray
Born	May 12, 1916 • Alabama
Died	August 18, 2013 (aged 97) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“South to a Very Old Place” • “Stomping the Blues” • “The Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture”

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