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Adam Cartwright






Adam Cartwright was born in his grandfather’s house in Boston, Massachusetts around 1830. His father Ben was first officer under Captain Abel Stoddard aboard “The Wanderer”. Adam’s mother, Elizabeth Stoddard. was the Captain’s daughter. The young couple started their life together and began to dream of going West, of ‘tall sons and tall trees’. Sadly, Elizabeth died shortly after delivering her son , but not before making Ben promise to continue with his dream. With his small son in tow, Ben started his long journey westward.

By the time Adam was five, he and his father had made it as far as Illinois . With very little money and a sick child, Ben stopped in a small town on the banks of the Sangamon River with the hope of finding work to buy medicine. While there, he met Miss Inger Borgstom, who befriended Ben and especially little Adam. The couple soon married and the little family continued the journey west.

When Adam was six, while still traveling west, he was presented with a baby brother named Eric, whom he quickly nicknamed “Hoss”. During an Indian attack on their wagon train, Inger placed baby Hoss in Adam’s arms and shortly after was killed by an Indian arrow before Adam’s eyes. The small boy had lost the only mother he had ever known. A sadly diminished family continued on their trek, ultimately settling near the shores of Lake Tahoe in what was then known as Western Utah . A quiet, serious little boy, Adam helped his father to build their ranch, called the Ponderosa.

On a trip to New Orleans , Ben met and married his third wife, Marie DeMarigny. Marie brought a woman’s touch to her new family and the boys had a mother again. When Adam was twelve another brother, Joe, was added to the family. For nearly five years after Joe’s arrival life was good for the family. However, shortly before Joe’s fifth birthday, Marie fell from her horse and died—another mother lost.

Adam returned to the East to attend college, where he studied architechture. Witty, articulate, and with a love of mathematics, literature, poetry and music, he chose to return to the Ponderosa and his family. This tall, handsome man with black hair, hazel eyes, dimples and a propensity to lean had strong convictions and a keen sense of right and wrong . Responsible, level-headed and prone to keep a tight rein on his emotions, he could appear aloof and arrogant at times as well. Just as often he could let loose and show his dry wit and good humor.

Eventually, Adam’s insatiable thirst for knowledge caused him to leave the Ponderosa to explore new destinations around the world.

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Pernell Roberts
1928-2010




Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. was born May 18, 1928 in Waycross , Georgia . He was the only child of Pernell Elvin, Sr (a Dr. Pepper salesman) and Minnie [Betty] Roberts.

During his high school years, he participated in Glee Club and school plays. He also played basketball, was in the band and sang in local USO shows.

In May 1945 he graduated high school and briefly entered Georgia Tech, majoring in Engineering. He flunked out. After leaving school he joined the Marines for two years. Since he was a musician who played baritone horn, sousaphone, tuba and percussion, he was assigned to the Marine Corps band.

After leaving the service, Roberts attended the University of Maryland . While there he received his first exposure to acting in classical theatre, appearing in four productions including Antigone and Othello. After twice flunking his classes, he left school and in 1950 moved to Washington D.C. to join the acclaimed Arena Stage Company. Some of the plays he performed in there included The Firebrand, The Glass Menagerie and The Importance of being Earnest. In 1952 Roberts moved on to New York City. He appeared in numerous off- Broadway productions such as Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice. During the ’55-’56 season he won a prestigious Drama Desk award for his title role in an off-Broadway production of Macbeth. His Broadway debut was in 1955 in Tonight in Samarkand. Some of his other Broadway performances were, A Clearing in the Woods and The Taming of the Shrew.

Roberts made the move to Hollywood in 1957 and signed a contract with Paramount Studios, making his movie debut in Desire Under the Elms in 1958. He also made appearances in numerous TV shows including Kraft Theatre, Sugarfoot, Tombstone Territory and Bronco. More tv roles and two more movies followed: The Sheepman in 1958 and Ride Lonesome in 1959. Television producer David Dortort had spotted Roberts in previous Western roles and thought Roberts would be perfect for a new show he was developing about a widower with three sons… Bonanza.

A public supporter of the Civil Rights movement, Roberts used his position on a popular show to pressure NBC to stop casting white actors in minority roles and spoke out against the racist and sexist element on the series itself. The actor also marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama, and marched for fair and equal housing for minorities in Los Angeles.

A cast album, Ponderosa Party Time, and his own album of folk songs, Come all Ye Fair and Tender Ladies in 1963 allowed him to showcase his singing abilities. Despite the show’s success, Roberts was unhappy in his role. Dissatisfied with scripts, the direction of the series and with a desire to play a variety of roles and return to the theatre, Roberts chose not to renew his contract after the sixth season.

For the next decade or so , Roberts worked steadily in TV in shows such as Gunsmoke, Big Valley , Mission Impossible and Hawaii Five-O. He also starred in the movies The Kashimiri Run and Four Rode Out. He returned to the stage on numerous occasions including the musicals Camelot, Scarlett,and a TV production of the musical, Carousel. He also appeared in plays such as Tiny Alice, and returned to Broadway in Captain Brassbound’s Conversion . In 1973 he was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson award for his performance in Welcome Home at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago .

In 1979 Mr. Roberts again found fame as the star of Trapper John M.D. The series, which ran for seven years, earned him an Emmy nomination in 1981. Roberts lent his distinctive voice as a narrator of documentaries in Realm of the Alligator for National Geographic and The Mountain Men for the History Channel. He appeared as Hezekiah Horn in an episode of the Young Riders in 1991. The episode, Requiem for a Hero, won a Western Heritage award. Roberts continued making TV appearances until 1997, with a guest appearance on the Diagnosis Murder episode Hard-Boiled Murder being his last role before retiring from public life.

Roberts was married four times. His first wife was Dr. Vera Mowry, whom he married in 1951. A son, Jonathan Christopher was born later that year. His son died in a motorcycle accident in 1989. Roberts was married to Judith LeBreque from 1962 to1971 and Kara Knack from 1972 to 1996. His fourth wife, Eleanor Criswell, was at his side at the time of his death from pancreatic cancer on January 24, 2010, in Malibu, California .

Written By Bonanza Brand Member jojay

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Ben Cartwright

Bio coming soon!


Lorne Greene
1915-1987



Born: February 12, 1915

Name: Lyon Himan Green (date unknown as to when the final "E" was added to the last name or when the first name was changed)

Nickname: His mother called him Chaim

Place of Birth: Ottawa, Canada

Education: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Personal Life:

Married to Rita Hands 1940-1958
Married to Nancy Deale 1961-1987
Children: Linda & Charles born to Lorne & Rita; Gillian born to Lorne & Nancy

Moniker: "The Voice of Doom"

Significant Achievements:

He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on October 28, 1969, "For services to the Performing Arts and to the community."
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by his alma mater, Queen's University, in 1971.
Greene was the 1987 recipient of the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian Gemini Awards. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1559 N. Vine Street.
In May 2006, Greene became one of the first four entertainers to ever be honoured by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp.

Forlorn Green, an album by trumpeter Greg Kelley and tape loop manipulator Jason Lescalleet, is an indirect tribute to the actor: The album's title is a pun ("For Lorne Greene"), the four pieces are each named after a movie featuring Greene, and the album is dedicated "most of all" to "Ben Cartwright".

In the television show Angel, created by Joss Whedon, there is a recurring character named Lorne, who is a demon whose skin is green, in honor of Greene.
In February 1985, Greene was the Krewe of Bacchus King of Mardi Gras.

Significant Dates:

1937 BA, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1939-1942 Radio Announcer for the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Dec. 16, 1953 Broadway Debut in The Prescott Proposals
1964 Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series-Drama
1964 Single record "Ringo" (mostly spoken) hit No. 1 on the pop and adult-contemporary charts
1965 Named Canada's Man of the Year

Movies and Roles:

Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Master Hunter of the Night (1992)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Old Dog, New Tricks (1992)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Devil Island (1988)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Golden Eagle - Death on the Wing (1988)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - It's a Male's World (1988)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Kindness Kills (1988)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - White Lightning (1988)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Yesterday's Heroes (1988)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - A Love Story - The Canada Goose (1987)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Frozen Eden (1987)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Huntress (1987)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Inky, Dinky Spider (1987)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - Pretty Poison (1987)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - The Ascent of the Chimps (1987)
Lorne Greene's New Wilderness - The Enchanted Forest (1987)
Vasectomy, a Delicate Matter (1986)
The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)
Heidi's Song (1982) Voice of Grandfather
Conquest of the Earth (1980) Commander Adama
Time for Miracles (1980)
Jack London's Klondike Fever (1979) Inspector Sam Steele
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979) Commander Adama
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)
Wings in the Wilderness (1975)
Earthquake (1974) Royce
Pygmies (1973)
The Errand Boy (1961) Guest Star
The Trap (1959) Mr. Davis
The Buccaneer (1958) Mercier
The Gift of Love (1958) Grant Allan
Peyton Place (1957) Prosecutor
Autumn Leaves (1956) Mr. Hanson
Tight Spot (1955) Benjamin Costain
The Silver Chalice (1954) Peter

TELEVISION
1953-81 Newsmagazine (host)
1957 Sailor of Fortune
1959-73 Bonanza
1973-74 Griff
1978-79 Battlestar Galactica
1981-82 Code Red
1981-86 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness (executive producer/host) See Above


TELEVISION MINISERIES
1976 The Moneychangers
1977 Roots
1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald


MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES
1969 Destiny of a Spy
1971 The Harness
1975 Nevada Smith
1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977 SST-Death Flight
1980 A Time for Miracles
1980 Conquest of the Earth
1981 Code Red
1987 Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory


TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
1974-79 Lorne Greene's Last of the Wild (host)


OTHER FILMS
The Last of the Fast Guns, 1958
Nippon Chinbotsu (Japan Sinks), 1973;
Ozu no Mahotsukai (The Wizard, U.S. version only), voice


STAGE (selection)
The Prescott Proposals; Julius Caesar; Othello


SAMPLE MUSIC
The Man
Bonanza
Ringo
Waco
Young at Heart
Have a Happy Holiday
Portrait of the West
Pop goes the Hammer
Peter and the Wolf

Sources: MusicStack, "My Father's Voice" Wikipedia, The Museum of Broadcast Communications (Online), TVGuide (Online)

Written by Bonanza Brand Member MicheleBE1115

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Hoss Cartwright

Biography coming soon!



Dan Blocker
1928-1972




Dan Davis Blocker was born on December 10, 1928 in DeKalb, Texas, the son of Ora Shack Blocker and Mary Davis Blocker. At the time of his birth, he weighed in at 14 lbs, making him the largest baby born in Bowie County, Texas. Dan was the youngest of two children. However, he would become an only child when his sister, Ora Virginia, died in 1933 when she was eleven years old.

Not long after his birth, Dan and his family moved to O’Donnell, located about 45 miles south of Lubbock in Western Texas. His father was a farmer who lost the farm after The Great Depression. Later, he would go into the grocery business.

At the age of 13, Dan was enrolled at the Texas Military Institute in San Antonio. By that time, he weighed in at 200 and wore size 12 shoes. Afterwards, he spent a semester in Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene before attending Sul Ross State in Alphine, where he played football and boxed.

In Sul Ross, Dan received his first taste in acting. He was asked to drag the bodies out of a cellar during the curtain call of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” mainly because the drama department needed someone strong enough for the job. Dan accepted it and, even though it had been only backstage work, he became highly interested in acting. He switched his majors from Physical Education to Drama, specializing in Shakespeare. He would receive a Masters Degree in Dramatic Arts.

Dan’s acting career was halted when he was drafted and served in the Korean War. It would be another five years before he would return to acting.

During his time in Sul Ross, Dan met Dolphia Lee Parker. The two would later marry on August 25, 1952. They had four children together; identical twin daughters, Danna Lynn and Debra Lee, and sons David and Dirk.

After returning from the war, Dan went into teaching. He eventually moved his family to Los Angeles, where he would attend UCLA in hopes of earning a doctorate. However, in 1956, after playing a role of a Lieutenant on an episode of ‘Gunsmoke,’ he returned to acting.

For the next three years, Dan would play various roles that was available to him, mostly guest starring spots. Some of these included ‘Wagon Train,’ ‘Colt .45,’ ‘Zorro,’ and ‘Maverick.’

It was his work on ‘The Restless Gun’ that caught the attention of David Dortort. In 1959, David was putting together an hour-long western series set in the 1860s, focusing on an all-men ranching family. This show was called ‘Bonanza.’ David would cast Dan as Eric ‘Hoss’ Cartwright, the middle son who was large and strong, but a friendly man with a big heart.

Despite ‘Bonanza’s’ slow start, the show would run for fourteen seasons, with Dan appearing in thirteen. He would appear in 399 out of 431 episodes.

Even with a busy schedule involving a show, that didn’t stop Dan from pursuing other interests. A hard-working man, he would make appearances in other movies. His first major movie role would be of Waldo Gronsky in the 1968 Frank Sinatra movie ‘Lady in Cement.’ He also starred in the 1970 comedy, 'The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County', playing the lovelorn blacksmith Charley. He was also known to be a business man. Dan partially owned the Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouses in exchange for being a commercial spokesman and making personal appearances as Hoss Cartwright.

Dan had quite a few interests, but there were two that were quite well-known. One of them was racecars. Although not a driver himself, he liked learning and talking about them. He was even a partner in a company known as the Vinegaroon Racing Associates. His other well-known interesting was politics. He was a Liberal Democrat and a Civil Rights proponent who had appeared in several public service announcements promoting racial tolerance. Blocker so opposed the Vietnam War that he uprooted his family in 1968 and moved them to Lugano, Switzerland.

Despite a busy schedule, Dan would always make time for his family as they were the most important in his life. Even if he only had a day to spend with them, Dan would make the best of it.

Sadly, on May 13, 1972 at age 43, Dan Blocker died suddenly from a blood clot in his lung while recovering from gallbladder surgery. His death had been a shock to those who knew him. He was interred in the family plot in De Kalb, Texas.

Although it has been over 35 years since his death, he is still highly admired by many. and his legacy lives on to this day.

Written by Bonanza Brand Member Iceangelmkx

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Little Joe Cartwright




Okay… Joseph “Francis” Cartwright - who is that? First, just let’s get rid of the “Joseph” part of my name. I really, really do not like it…. It seems whenever it is used someone is angry with me with doing something I really, really did not do! (most of the time). They called me “Little Joe” and that was alright until I decided that Joe was better.

I cannot tell you a lot about the first years of my live only that I was born in 1848 on the Ponderosa Ranch and that I was not a very big baby (hence my name “Little Joe”), loved my mom Marie an awful lot and that she died when I was five after a riding accident. My Pa and brothers Adam and Hoss have been taking care of me ever since. And boy did they do a good job. They were hovering over me something fierce just looking out for me and trying to help me whenever they could (even if I did not want them to, jeez, I am a man… I can do things by myself don’t you think?). For a long time I have been trying to prove to those three that I really can do and think for myself. I have black curly hair (which my Pa says is too long most of the time and I disagree about that wholeheartedly). Hazel green eyes and a nice figure (some of my fans say it’s perfect but… being the humble one I would “never” agree with that!). Some say that my laugh is infectious; just have a look at “Hoss and the Leprechauns” and see if you agree.

I love to play jokes on others and my dear brother Hoss would – most of the time – love to help me. Sometimes it took a little persuasion but....

Horses… I love horses; work with horses, live with horses… just love horses especially my horse Cochise. It has been said that I am fairly good with them (me being humble again).

There is a special place on the Ponderosa I go to whenever I have to think or just want to be alone. Kind of a save place. It’s where my mother was buried. It’s a beautiful place looking out over Lake Tahoe.

Okay my family: what to tell about them. Pa is just the best Pa there is in this world. He can be very, very strict but he loves me and my brothers a lot. Adam is the oldest, most reliable brother you can think of. He will always be there for me whenever I need him. He can be an pain in the butt though. Hoss is the one who loves everything about nature and animals. He is soo good with animals and always knows what to do when an animal is sick or hurt. He also is a great partner in crime. But just as Pa and Adam will always be there for me if needed.

I have a stepbrother, Clay Stafford – son to my mother and Jean Pierre. My mother was told that he was dead but he wasn’t. He came to the Ponderosa looking for me but could not stay. Boy did that hurt when he went away.

I have had my fair share of very nice ladies I loved but married only one - Alice. Alice was great, she really was and we were going to have a baby! A tiny little Cartwright oh boy... She and the baby died when the house we were building was set on fire. This really devastated me and it took me a long time to get over it. Although I never really got over losing my wife and baby but then who could?

All in all I have had a really good life on the Ponderosa with my family, friends and all the adventures we've gone through. Oh yes, about those adventures... I got hurt a lot but always recovered very nicely with the help of my Pa and brothers.

So that is it for now. If you want to know more about my live on the Ponderosa just have a look at the Bonanza episodes that were made about me and my family. I hope you will love them.

As far as the rest of the story goes, Joe stayed on the Ponderosa with his father and Jamie (adopted by Ben) after his brother Adam left to explore other destinations around the world and Hoss died. He went to battle in the Spanish-American War and was listed as Missing in Action and presumed killed in 1899.

Written by Bonanza Brand Member Kirkan

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Michael Landon
1936-1991

Michael Landon Biography coming soon!



Candy Canaday

Bio Coming soon!



David Canary

David Canary Biography Coming Soon!




Hop Sing

Bio coming soon!



Victor Sen Yung
1915-1980

Bio coming soon!



Jamie Hunter Cartwright




Oh Lordy, this is boring. I hate school and I hate doing stupid homework even more. Arithmetic is no problem, with it I'm able to help my Pa doing his paperwork occasionally. And I like reading, the stuff we read at school is quite alright. Of course I like dime novels much better. But - big BUT - writing stories? That's good for nothing. Only girls like it. And now I sit here and have to "Write About Yourself". I'm sixteen years old, how much is there to write about? But I better get started. As Pa would say: "There's no way around it. The sooner you begin the sooner the job is done."

My father, my real father, was Tom Hunter and he was a rainmaker. People think rainmakers are crooks, but he really could make it rain! And I did prove it, when... But first things first. When my father met Elisabeth Callahan in 1864, they fell in love instantly. She was twenty years old and the only daughter of Ferris Callahan, a wealthy ship owner in Boston. Mister Callahan was against her relationship with this moneyless roamer, but Elisabeth and Tom got married against her father's will. My Ma broke with her family and left home to travel with her husband through the country. A year later I, Jamie Hunter, was born.

My parents loved each other and enjoyed seeing many different places together. We lived in a yellow painted wagon back then. It had a sign with Barnaby Garibaldi - Rainmaker - Master of the Atmospheric Arts and such on it, but that was a trick, there was no Garibaldi in the family. People are strange. They don't believe that Tom Hunter, a simple man with reddish hair and a lot of freckles, can make it rain. But they would offer a bunch of money to a foreigner with a funny name and some strange titles for the same reason.

We were not rich but had enough to get along. We were happy - at least for a while. When I was two years old, my mother died of cholera. When I got older I understood how hard my father tried to give me a good and safe home despite the problems that came with his profession. We continued to travel, came through a dozen states and a hundred towns. Sometimes it went well, but more than once people became angry when the rain didn't come fast enough and chased us away. When we were lucky enough to have some rain, people refused to pay my father. More often my father was beaten up and sometimes I received a few bruises, too.

Somewhere in Montana, when the promised rain didn't come, my father got tarred and feathered and I had to watch it. He never recovered from that, but got terminally ill. Dusty Rhoades, a drifter who happened to come along, helped me to look after him and in the end helped to bury him. At that time I was thirteen years old. I had a lot of nightmares afterwards, and I was glad that Dusty didn't leave me alone.

We traveled together and one day we happened to visit Virginia City. The town had been suffering from a three month drought. Optimal conditions - the townspeople were easily talked into paying for a rainmaker. I didn't really care about the - but I wanted, needed to prove that my father really knew how to make rain.

We were given two weeks to make it rain. Dusty and I followed every word in the instructions that my father had written in his journal. Mister Ben Cartwright, a friend of Dusty's, let us stay on his land, the Ponderosa. Mister Cartwright worried about the danger that could come to us from the disappointed crowd if we failed. He tried to talk me out of it. When I refused, he offered his help instead, even though he didn't believe in my father's skills. Sad to say, not a single drop of rain fell.

At the end of the second week, some furious men from Virginia City came to our camp. They knocked Dusty out cold, destroyed the wagon and everything in their reach. Worst of all, they threw my father's journal into the fire. When the mob disappeared, nothing was left but ashes and burnt pages.

It started to rain two hours before our deadline. My father was no liar and here was the proof! Mister Cartwright offered us a place to stay when he saw our destroyed belongings. Dusty agreed to work on the Ponderosa and I agreed to stay for a while, too. I had to do some chores but I wasn't treated like Dusty or any other ranch hand. The Cartwrights made me feel welcome in their home, I got my own room in the big ranch house, had my meals with them and Hop Sing made sure I got always an extra big share of dessert. Even when I messed things really up and broke that gold-plated rifle or when I wrecked that buckboard I wasn't send packing. Instead, Hoss and Joe taught me important things like what to do when you get lost, how to find water or food, catch fish with your hands or rabbits with a sling when you are on your own in the wilderness. And Mister Cartwright explained to me the ranch work, the paperwork and the responsibility that comes with owning a big ranch. He also insisted I go to school. Oh drat!

Gradually, I felt at home on the Ponderosa. I didn't forget my real father, but Mister Cartwright, Hoss and Joe treated me like a member of their family. Deep in my heart I wished it could be. It was like a dream coming true when Mister Cartwright decided to adopt me.

And then, just a couple of days before the adoption became legal, Mister Callahan, my Ma's father, appeared on the Ponderosa. He wanted to take me, his only grandson, to Boston to live with him. I was devastated and so were Joe, Hoss and Mister Cartwright. Being blood kin, he had every legal right to do this, so I had no choice but to go with him. After we left, Mister Callahan and I had a bad accident with the buckboard. We only survived because I had learned so much from the Cartwrights. Mister Callahan then understood how much I belong on the Ponderosa and finally agreed to the planned adoption.

Now I am legally and for all time Jamie Cartwright, son and heir of Ben Cartwright and brother of Joe, Hoss and Adam (who I don't know yet, because he's traveling to see the world). It's still a bit strange to be the fourth Cartwright son, but Mister Cartwright - now - Pa - told me it was an unanimous family decision and I'll get used to it. I hope one day the people in Virginia City and everywhere else will accept it and get used to it, too.

Is this enough about me? I don't know. Maybe I better reread and cross out some of the private thoughts and feelings before I hand it to my teacher. Somehow they are too... private, I guess. But I'm tired now, I'll do it tomorrow.

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Mitch Vogel

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