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Also Known As George Michael Cohan
Born July 3, 1878 • Providence • Rhode Island
Died November 5, 1942 (aged 64) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “George M!” • “Give My Regards to Broadway” • “Over There” • “Twenty Years on Broadway and the Years It Took to Get There” • “You’re a Grand Old Flag”

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