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Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On swimming and friends (clip)

Interviewed by Hudson Vaughan and Paris Vaughn on January 25, 2012

Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On swimming and friends (clip)

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Oral history interview of Riggsbee, Donny "Hollywood" conducted by Vaughan, Hudson on January 25, 2012.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Donny "Hollywood" Riggsbee - On swimming and friends (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/donny-hollywood-riggsbee-on-swimming-and-friends.

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