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Also Known As William Eugene Smith • Gene Smith
Born December 20, 1918 • Wichita • Kansas
Died October 15, 1978 (aged 59) • Tucson • Arizona

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The Walk to Paradise Garden, photograph by W. Eugene Smith, 1947.
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