SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. The article has been updated to reflect Lee's experiences. [26] Esther herself did not testify at the trial. In the course of the evening the president of Brazil expressed to Sidney Garner, his great pleasure at seeing such capable black American artists in Brazil. She reads, sits on her patio, listens to music and watches Ollie chase squirrelsshe got him back not long ago. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! I could see only her eyes, brown and smiling. to be concerned about the symptoms that you feel. Edith Griffith used "Poop-Poop-a-Doop" and "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" at an Omaha, Nebraska theatre in 1927. Grim Natwick merged Helen Kane with a French poodle to create Betty Boop. But maybe sometimes your purpose changes. It should be noted that Esther Jones was not a woman, she was a little girl, who won the hearts of millions worldwide. By 1940, however, the entertainment career of now 22-year-old Esther Jones, was over. She can also be heard scatting in many of her recordings. She is also the author of The Uprising Series and is the CEO of G-Force Marketing & Publicity, which has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter and has obtained film, television, radio, and print placements for blue-chip clients all over the world. The character she once was, the quiet, private caretaker always behind the scenes, needed to die. Genealogy profile for Esther Lee Searcy Genealogy for Esther Lee Searcy (Jones) (1902 - d.) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Oh my God, is this really what my life has come to? In other words, Esther Jones was the original Betty Boop. Ive just been in tears every day because Im so grateful. She is listed as being declared dead in absentia. Now, she spent entire days watching a clock. Esther's career began in the 1920s when she won first prize at a Charleston contest in Chicago at the age of six. And Joness performance inspired Kane to incorporate it into her own act an act that would forever be immortalized in the Betty Boop cartoons. I went through all of that chemo, she thought. Mae Questel was considered to be the new Helen Kane. Esther Mae Phillips died in 1984 due to liver and kidney failure due to drugs use. They were thrilled that it hasnt grown or spread. The cancer remained throughout her spine, liver and lymph nodes. She was quite popular and seemingly very beloved. Sources indicate, that Esther might have appeared in a MGM Our Gang film short. Do you find this information helpful? Despite being African-American, whenever Esther Jones appeared on the streets or in restaurants she was always the centre of admiring crowds and many people were anxious to speak to her. He was still working on that, too, particularly in how his insatiable ambition made him obsessive and unforgiving of himself. Esther's travels around Europe were not entirely without fits and starts. 2017', "Was The Original Betty Boop A Black Woman? Baby Esther did not sing or debut the song "I Wanna Be Loved By You" and she was not the model for Betty Boop. Lou Bolton, Esther's first manager, used Hoskins' fame to promote Esther in the early years of her career; the name formulation of Little (or Lil'/Li'l) Esther mimicked Hoskins' "Little Farina," a frequently-used nickname. Esther Jones has also been incorporated into Black History Month as of 2014. ", While touring in the European revue, songs Esther would also sing were "That's My Weakness Now" and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby.". [9] Florence Mills was noted for her "light, bright" voice and her use of wordless vocalizations such as "too-ty-tooty-too". There were moments when she wondered whether she should go back home, paranoidno, concernedthat she was making her condition worse. She spoke with Venus and Serena Williams, her brother and her sister, her friends and some other clients. When Ester Lee Jones was born on 9 April 1939, in Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Jones, was 24 and her mother, Hortie Mae Morgan, was 20. She was buried in the Morning Light section at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. Baby Esther shares her original name and original stage name with Little Esther Phillips, who was also known as Esther Mae Jones. But I cannot find anything passed that point. Esther said of course, and then she had an old, familiar impulse: Id love to help you get back on the court.. James D. Taylor Jr. Algora Publishing, New York. The only difference with Ann, is she got to voice Betty officially in some cartoons and on radio. Alexandra Esther (Alja) was born on the 3rd of December, an incubator child weighing three and a half pounds. Esther Lee Jones (born c. 1918, date of death unknown), known by her stage names " Baby Esther ", " Little Esther ", and other similar variations, was an American singer and child entertainer of the late 1920s, known for interpreting popular songs with a "mixture of seriousness and childish mischief". Esther Jones was rarely called Baby Esther while performing, most commonly going by the names "Li'l Esther" and "Little Esther." One of the last and most difficult was Shaun White. The glass of milk that was refused Esther has caused as much indignation as a real crime. Venus limped into her house. "Afflicted with diabetes, Esther . Sponsored by Ancestry. This is ridiculous, she thought. Anything goes on chemo. In France, Germany and Sweden, Milan, Oslo and other countries Esther also gave private performances for the nobility and high society. But he was in this mentality where he was just never satisfied.. Kane became so popular, in fact, that when the Betty Boop cartoon debuted in 1930, it all but completely mimicked Kanes style. Ive gone through a lot of mental challenges through my journey with cancer, and thats been the hardest part, getting through the mental part of it. Forego a bottle of soda and donate its cost to us for the information you just learned, and feel good about helping to make it available to everyone. There she was dubbed the Miniature Josephine Baker. While in Europe, she was paid an average $750 per week for her performances and by age 11, Jones was the highest-paid child on stage globally. She asked her sister to take her dog, Ollie, because she couldnt handle the psychological stimulation of his energy, and she lacked the strength to walk him. After her tour of Europe, she traveled to South America. He took it to heart. Are you sure?, I dont know if I actually can right now, Esther said, because Im stuck in bed right now. Nobody ever taught her to take care of her own heart. Esthers tumor was five times larger than the average pancreatic cancer tumor. Esther replied that she had so far escaped their wrath by staying out of the South. Her spleen came out with it. In September of 2021, PBS put out an apology for circulating misinformation after being confronted by Mark Fleischer in June of 2021 according to Showbiz Cheat Sheet. In 1928, Esther performed briefly at an obscure nightclub called the Everglades Club in which she would do imitations of the late great Florence Mills late at night. Her grandmother had died years earlier, two weeks after receiving a similar diagnosis. I felt useless for so long, she says. She had this great outlook on everything. Esther was a big reason why. It's not 100% known how much Baby Esther inspired Helen Kane, but another comparison would be Helen who was a grown woman at the time pretending to be a little girl and taking on this "baby" child-like little girl persona which adds more controversy to the style she lay claim to. Some things claim she died in obscurity before this, but there isnt anything other than a claim she died in absentia in 1934. She was quiet at first, but then we moved past small talk, and she spoke passionately about identity, purpose and spirituality. Esther Jones' first appearance was at the Moulin Rouge. Both singers used the names "Little Esther" and "Li'l Esther", but Esther Phillips was of a later generation, born in 1935. Swedish dignitaries and officials around the country spoke up in support of Esther and objected to Tomton's discrimination, railing against American "Jim Crowism" in Sweden, forcing the restaurant to close. Managed by: Kerri Wilhoite: Last Updated: December 2, 2016: View . If youre sensitive to these types of images or language, I implore you to avoid these links.). This is the little-known true story of Baby Esther Jones, the original Black Betty Boop.. Only difference is that Jones did not use the exact same scat rhythm as Mills. Carrey says he felt he became Kaufman. In 1932 Helen Kane filed an infringement lawsuit against Max Fleischer and Paramount for competition and exploitation of her personality and image in the Betty Boop cartoons. Simply breathing became a challenge; doctors put a catheter in her lungs, which delayed radiation, the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer. God, youre crazy, Venus said in delight. Ive learned, he said back then, to just be kind to myself.. She was 66. Esther wasnt sure. So good at what she was doing, and always taking different courses and learning more and more and more, and just wanted to make sure that she was the best she could be.. [37] According to jazz historian Robert O'Meally, this evidence might have been fabricated by the Fleischers to discredit Kane, whom they later admitted was their model for Betty Boop. But it was in Stockholm, Sweden that she caused the biggest sensation. There is another famous Baby Esther Jones: Esther Jones, who used the name early in her career before changing it to Esther Phillips. Baby Esther Jones Wordpress Blog - Tons of article scans and write ups. Farina was also known as "Little Farina" and that is where the name "Little Esther" originates. There both Kane and Shayne had ringside seats and watched Esther sing and dance on stage. She added to her entertainment fame by become an extraordinary black-bottom dancer. Apart from his ongoing role in Our Gang comedies, Hoskins was an expert Charleston dancer, performing along with his sister "Baby Jane." . Olive Films retains the home video rights to the cartoon, while Trifecta retains the television rights. Clarence stated that his scat techniques or as he called them his "hot licks" had consisted of "Sha-Da-Deda-Boo-Boo-Pa-Doo," "Wha-Da-Da-De," and "What-Da-De-Da," "What-Da-Da-Da," "Roup-Pup-Poo," "Roup-Do-Poo-Do," "Scat-Dat-De-De," and "Boo-Boo-Poopa-Doo" and that he'd often throw a "Boop" into his songs. [1] Russian-American theatrical manager Lou Bolton saw her performance and took her on, with her first performance purportedly being in a Chicago revue, Opera Versus Charleston. Nausea. Can I dare to hope?. In 1934, she may have been 12 or 13 years old, as her age was reported as seven in June 1928[13] and in March 1929;[18] or she may have been 15 or 16, as other articles from 1929 describe Esther as 10 years old;[1][29] and an article during the week of August 22, 1931, seems to say that she was 12 then.[24]. His entire body was starting to experience the general wear and tear that comes from being an elite athlete. Yellow lemons. Turquoise pool. Jones mostly incorporated the Charleston dance into her act. Both Baby Esther and Helen Kane had the same manager Tony Shayne who was also a booking agent, and Kane was said to have watched one of Esther's performances in 1928 on stage. In Paris, Esther was known as the "Miniature Josephine Baker". Saunders did it before Florence Mills as Mills replaced her in Shuffle Along as explained above. In July 1934, Esther performed in Philadelphia at a midnight benefit performance for the NAACP, along with numerous other African-American stars. And I think when you learn how to handle the negative emotions, it makes you feelironicallymore alive.. Helen Kane's counsel asked Little, who spoke throughout the trial in a Betty Boop voice, "Oh, do you speak like that way at home?" Shes just really nicethe soul of her being is nice. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Harlem_Renaissance/HoIYAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=mae%20barnes%20boop, https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Complete_Book_of_1930s_Broadway_Musi/L0hNDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1. Only those who have read the lawsuit documents have the valid information on who Baby Esther really was, and she wasn't a woman. They also won doubles gold at the '12 London Olympics. Some lesions even shrank by a couple of millimeters. Betty Boop actually uses Esther Jones' "Wa-Da-Da" / "Wha-Da-Da" scat singing technique in several cartoons. she thought. Mae Barnes who appeared in the 1927 version of Shuffle Along is cited in history as "Booping" a lot of "Boops" before Helen Kane. For more information, please see our It has been acknowledged that Baby Esther Jones was also portraying a "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" girl or giving tribute to "Helen Kane" in her MGM short. The newspaper cites Edith Griffith, but also cites Esther Jones as making "similar noises" to Kane. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Whats next? White recalls asking. She was Whites personal physical therapist, but also more; White told me shed changed his life. Everyone discovered what Id already found, White says. She struggled to even lie in bed without pain. Although with Esther, there seemed to have been a bit of age fabrication, to make her seem either younger or older than she actually was. After she learned she was dying, Esther Lee had to make some calls. It has to be stated and acknowledged that Esther Jones who was actively performing in America under the name "Little Esther" in 1933 and 1934, never once lay claim to Helen Kane's "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" singing style. If I came home with an injury, Id get such a different response than like what youd hope, which is to be comforted and embraced. [4] Jones had a natural baby-singing voice because she was a child in 1928, not because she was using a Helen Kane impersonation like women such as Margie Hines or Mae Questel, who were teenagers in 1929, which is when the "Helen Kane Impersonation Contests" were held. Which was that Helen Kane's singing style was most common[1] to a number of "Boop-a-Doopers" even before Helen had claimed she had invented the idea and mannerisms. Lou Bolton saw her performance and began to get her engagements in Chicago, New York, Detroit, Toronto and other cities before taking her to Europe. Her body grew stiff from top to bottom, as if every bone had arthritis. I see things so differently., She spends most of her time at her home in the Valley. I would maybe even get in trouble, she says. With cancer, its a whole different monster. Esther Lee Jones from Chicago was Baby Esther, and Esther May Jones from Texas was Esther Phillips. And as the cartoon became wildly successful, Kane felt slighted by the Boop, Boop-A-Doop and without a shred of self-awareness or irony, proceeded to file a $250,000 lawsuit against Max Fleischer, Betty Boops creator, just two years after the cartoon vixen debuted on the big screen. A'Neal, Esther May: 04/08/1974 : Tulsa World : A, Mary Lou: 09/01/1969 . Regardless of her role in the development of the Betty Boop cartoon character, Jones should be remembered as a child star with a brief but remarkable career in the entertainment industry. Soon, she could do nothing but lie in bed or sit in a chair. It is only natural that Jones would "Boop" or "Poop" as well, as it was all the rage during the 1920s. She loves the sound of it. Youre really a go-getter here, they said, laughing, which confused her. This haunted White because Carrey articulated a feeling White hadnt yet fully understood: Hed been playing a role all his life, too, typecast in commercials and movies as this goofy snowboarder bro. I was so happy, she says. And with it all she was unspoiled as the average child, black or white. However Esther Jones "Poo-Poo-a-Doo" is very similar to Kane's "Poop" routine, which could also fool people into questioning who "Booped" first out of the two. And I never asked for that. [49], In 2021, a 2015 article by PBS, which had been used as "confirmation" of the "Baby Esther was the original Betty Boop" story by many people, was removed from the PBS website. After 1934, Esther's bookings declined and her . The child is small for her age and said to be an exceptional black-bottom dancer, read the report. Other guests in the establishment voiced their indignation at Tomton's conduet, and to show how thoroughly they disapproved of it, several of them gave the party invitations to their homes, among the number being a Swedish baron. The real in-depth story about Baby Esther Jones, who today is most associated with the Betty Boop story and has made her way into Black History, and has also been spotlighted for several Black History Months over the years, starting from 2014 when the Baby Esther story went viral. My hands were so swollen and sore. Esther Lee Jones, 88, Muscle Shoals, passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2022. This is proof that Kane was the partial base for Betty Boop. She stated that the voice she used was not Helen Kane's but her own. A image that went viral (dubbed Baby Esther) was a white Ukrainian female model called Oyla. At Rio de Janeiro, American Ambassador Morgan came to see her play and after her performance came back stage to congratulate her. The article here is worded by Boopoopadoop, from personal research is to help people learn about the real story. She is also said to have performed for Queen Victoria Eugenie and King Alphonso XIII in Spain and King Gustave in Sweden, where he and Queen Victoria of Baden apparently came into the theater just to see her. He did that with competitions, businesses, boards, medals and everything else in his life. However Gertrude forgot to mention that she did more of a "Tweet-Tweet-Tweet" rather than a "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" but indicated that she was the "first" woman to interject scat-singing into songs, something Helen Kane tried to lay claim to in court. But by 2015, Esther wanted a different lifestyle. It bought me time. At some point, he said, when you create yourself to make it, youre going to have to either let that creation go, and take a chance on being loved or hated for who you really areor youre going to have to kill who you really are, and fall into your grave, grasping onto a character that you never were.. Esther Jones's passing on Sunday, May 1, 2022 has been publicly announced by Morrison Funeral Home - Tuscumbia in Tuscumbia, AL.Legacy invites you to offer condolences and share memories of Esther in While touring Europe she delighted audiences including royalty. I needed it to be a little stronger than average, Serena says. MUSCLE SHOALS Esther Lee Jones, 88, Muscle Shoals, passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2022. Photo above is Esther Mae Phillips, not Baby Esther, for those who cannot seem to identify images, for those who don't read and just copy and paste. In PyeongChang, he won gold again in thrilling and dramatic fashion. Ronnie Radke, Jones' bandmate, tweeted a confirmation of the information. She was helping him let go of who he thought he should be so he could just be himself. The business, however, was forced to close after her treatment there became public knowledge. Though a 1937 Brazilian article uncovered by the Betty Boop Wikia states Esther Jones formed and danced in a troupe in Harlem and that she had possibly got married and her name changed from Jones, making it hard to find out what happened to her later in life. This was not only because of her work, but because the leading Swedish restaurant owner drew the color line against her. "Little Esther Dances for Group of Spanish Royalty.". *% Problem? Sicilian Scrum: One Italian Rugby Club is Standing Up to the Mafia. Grim Natwick who is often uncredited for creating Betty Boop as he would often credit himself as sole creator, has admitted on many occasions that he used a photograph of Helen Kane to create Betty Boop. [37] Film scholar Mark Langer disputes this interpretation, which he says has become "conventional wisdom". But none of it would have been possible without Esther Jones, the original Betty Boop, with a voice that reverberates through the ages. He also fantasized about her, which comes across very weirdly in his book. The "Poop" routine that Kane claimed to have invented which she later changed to "Boop", had already been used by numerous other performers years earlier. Ensure you know what you are posting, so you don't mislead people. One cause for hope: her tumor was found to be of the "neuro-endocrine" varietystill just as deadly but less aggressive. She felt she was exactly where she was supposed to be. She is also apparently referenced in his book Bed en Wereld (but I cannot find an English version of this online). Prior to creating the Betty Boop character the Fleischer Studios had no idea who Baby Esther was. The body is so complex, she says. An early test sound film was used of Baby Esther as evidence and the case was closed. 1930 United States Federal Census. Harrison G. Smith, a business associate of Bolden Smith of New York, furnished Esther with several songs: "The Turtle Walk," "My Little Dixie Home," "I've Got the Blues for Dixieland," and "I Need a Man (Around My House)."[18]. But, whereas the Black performers of today can rally people to their cause using the power of social media, Black performers of yester-year like Esther Jones werent quite as lucky. One of the main reasons as to why Baby Esther is not remembered, is because she was never a feature attraction in Cab Calloway's New York club, she was a background Sepia dancer, which is why Esther was only given a small tap dancing number in Justa's revue. [35] In fact, in May 1934 she was performing in Louisville. But, I cannot find anything to back this up other than this. Nausea came on quickly. Its not doing it on your own. [24], Esther was interviewed in Rio de Janeiro by press who wanted to know how she had avoided the racists who lynched and burned black people in Texas and Alabama. As seen in her 1932 debut, when the character would impersonate people, something Questel often did. In 1934, Esther also attended a NAACP for Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Back in 2017, Esther told me, He always wants to improve and wants something bigger and better, which I get. [38] O'Meally also questioned if there was some sort of deal between Fleischer Studios and Bolton, and questioned if Esther was ever paid for her presumed loss of revenue. The chart will tell you who the real Baby Esther is, and who isn't. So its given me such a whole different coating of life. Jones, however, received no royalties or performing credits despite the fact that a lawsuit would eventually expose Betty Boops true origins. When they were finished, Venus left without a limp. She attended a NAACP for Bill Bojangles Robinson in 1934. [45], Photos of the model Olya Gussy costumed as Betty Boop, taken by Russian-based studio Retro Atelier in 2008, are regularly misidentified as Esther Jones. After performing, Jones would go backstage to play with dolls. In 1934, Esther would have been 13-years-old, as she was 7 in 1928. Causes of death can be grouped into three categories: communicable (infectious and parasitic diseases and maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions), noncommunicable (chronic) and injuries. According to Bolton, Esther began using nonsense syllables in her singing between 1926 and her arrival in New York in 1928. Blue sky. But it made me so happy, just to feel useful again.. The real Esther Jones was a child performer from Chicago who was best known as Little Esther Lee Jones and in history she will always be known as the originator of Helen Kane's "Boop-Boop-a-Doop". In 1928, Esther was signed for a talking short by Movietone booked through William Morris for M.G.M, flanked by a 26-piece orchestra from the Capitol theater, New York city. Esther Lee Jones: Death: Immediate Family: Wife of Carl Eugene Shipley Mother of Private and Gene Shipley. Esther Lee Searcy (Jones) Birthdate: December 28, 1902: Death: Immediate Family: Daughter of . I havent been able to jog since my diagnosis., She laughs and says, I mean, it wasnt really a jog. During this time she is listed as using the stage names: Lil Esther, Little Esther, The Miniature Florence Mills as she apparently began her career impersonating her and even Farinas Kid Sister as Lou Bolton used Allen Hoskins fame to promote Esther and when she began her career she impersonated Hoskins. Justa was a dancer who was also likened to the great Florence Mills. She was remembered for singing while injecting funny faces, rolling her eyes and adding in things like Boo boo boo and other sounds into her songs. A correspondent to this same paper wrote: "I hope that the colored persons who were refused service at Tomton's will not think that all Swedish people are like that. She was predeceased by : her husband Harry H. Jones; her parents, Lonnie Wallis and . Esther Lee Jones, also known as Baby Esther, seen here in a publicity image circa 1930. She looked and sounded strong, stronger than when Id spoken with her in Beijing. Esther Lee Jones Raymond. [1] In France, Germany, and other countries, Esther also gave private performances for the nobility and high society. Vaudeville star Esther Bigeou a model, dancer and singer who had been mistaken for Esther Jones for decades by an article on a website Betty Boop Checks since 2003, also did a "Twa-Twa-Twa" with a "Twe" scat technique in 1923. But it was lifting my feet off the ground.. As she held her first pill, her hands shook. This is also archived in 1984 release of The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary[14] and the 2018 release of The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals[15] by Dan Dietz. With her 30s racing by and 40 around the corner, she wanted a family someday and longed for more time for herself. In their first session, Serena says, I immediately fell in love., For Serena, Esthers technique as a therapist was ideal. Sometimes she would slip into her old caretaker mode trying to go get groceries, clean the kitchen or run an errand. Genealogy profile for Esther Lee Jones Genealogy for Esther Lee Jones (deceased) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. There are some fabricators that tried to point the finger directly to the Betty Boop Wiki, but the Betty Boop Wiki was only following sources, that everyone else was following, that is until the Betty Boop Wiki decided to look into the matter and find out the truth, mainly to prove that Esther Jones existed, proving that Esther went on to inspire many people. One minute she was with Josephine Hall in Sweden, the next she was off to fill her next engagement in Europe. [32] Under cross-examination Bolton said that he had met with Kane at the club after Esther's performance, but could not say when she had walked in. Did she move to another country and settle down there? In between, she had scans to check on her cancer every few months. Her physical therapy work is described by clients like the Williams sisters and Shaun White as life-changing, going beyond muscles and into matters of the soul. So, Esther thought, Is this what it feels like when youre about to die? At night, in her room, shed cry, releasing tears shed held back all day, exhausted and afraid she was pushing herself too hard. Helen Kane was the model for Betty Boop as admitted by Betty's initial creator (not Max Fleischer) but Grim Natwick. So, Helen Kane continued to swipe her whole act from Baby Esther, and became infinitely more popular than the original. [10], The name "Farina's Kid Sister" derived from Allen "Farina" Hoskins, another African-American child star of the period. All Rights Reserved. Now that youve read the true story of Baby Esther Jones, the Black Betty Boop, read all about Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman to become a doctor in American history. 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In 1930, Helen Kane who often classed herself as "The Original Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl" was upset with Mae Questel using "The Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl" title and made a complaint. Psychologically, losing her hair was the hardest part. Her emotions became overwhelming. [28] Notably, Robinson also taught Helena Justa and Florence Mills. That meant a lot to me. One day, one of her clients turned out to be Serena Williams. An archive of The1920sChannel Addeddate 2021-10-29 11:50:46 Identifier baby-esther-lee-jones-a-forgotten-child-star-1920s-spotlight Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. plus-circle Add Review. When filming wrapped, Carrey became depressed upon becoming himself again, not sure what that meant anymore. Her work apparently went beyond muscle and tissue, and into matters of the soul. I think it exponentially healed me physically, she says. Was Esther Phillips became depressed upon becoming himself again, not sure what that meant anymore this, because... 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