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John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist.

Born October 2nd, 1887 in Portland.

Died October 19th, 1920 at 33 years old in Moscow (scrub typhus).

Occupations
author, communist, journalist, poet, screenwriter, trade unionist, writer

My life is better with every year of living it. Rachel Maddow