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Also Known As	Noble Lee Sissle
Born	July 10, 1889 • Indianapolis • Indiana
Died	December 17, 1975 (aged 86) • Tampa • Florida • Florida
Notable Works	“Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed” • “The Eighty-six Years of Eubie Blake”

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