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And now the story of the brunette bombshell, Hetty Lamar, who was more than just a pretty face.

Also, the story of a Cuban refugee who became the creator of the Coors Light Silver Bullet Can.

But first, Edie Hand tells us the story of her brothers, the Blackburn Boys,

and the tragedy that struck not once, but three times. Edie Hand tells us the story of her brothers, the Blackburn Boys,

and the tragedy that struck not once, but three times.

It was a setting in northwest Alabama, just like in a novel.

A sister's love for these three young boys, David, Terry, and Philip.

Every afternoon, after school, we would get off our school bus, run inside, and get us a do-dad cookie, and head to the barn.

I would saddle up my horse. My horse was named Trigger,

and I named it Trigger because of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. David would saddle up his horse named Spotting Cloud because he loved the Long Ranger and Tonto. And then Philip, now he saddle up his horse. He had a little

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