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ASHLEY JENSEN My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven.
BUBBA WATSON
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'The Apprentice' has been excellent for my dad. Before, there was always that kind of corpor... DONALD TRUMP, JR. My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was ...
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