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Holbrook looked ahead — and issued a warning

Hal Hol­brook greets pa­trons in stage makeup following his one-man per­for­mance of “Mark Twain Tonight” at the Univer­sity of Texas at Tyler on Jan. 13, 2007. Hol­brook died Jan. 23 in Bev­erly Hills, Calif., his rep­re­sen­ta­tive, Steve Rohr, told The As­so­ci­ated Press on Tues­day. He was 95.
Hal Hol­brook greets pa­trons in stage makeup following his one-man per­for­mance of “Mark Twain Tonight” at the Univer­sity of Texas at Tyler on Jan. 13, 2007. Hol­brook died Jan. 23 in Bev­erly Hills, Calif., his rep­re­sen­ta­tive, Steve Rohr, told The As­so­ci­ated Press on Tues­day. He was 95.
THE AS­SO­CI­ATED PRESS FILE

Even six years ago, the thing that worried actor Hal Holbrook most about America was our failure to communicate. Not that we weren’t talking. We just weren’t talking to each other.

“What is g...