August 3rd: Gerard Soules Born (1936)
Sometimes a bleeding heart and a need for company can come with a deadly price tag. On August 3rd 1936 a talented and lovely man was born and, later in life, found himself in need of companionship. It was that need, and the want to help someone, that put him into contact with a dangerous man who, depending on what you believe, may or may not have made this man pay for that decision with his life.
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