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The loyal dog no one owned but everyone loved

In 1978, CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt stumbled upon a gravestone in an unusual location in Coles County Illinois. As Kuralt would report for the “CBS Evening News,” a dog named Blackie had been buried there years earlier after capturing the hearts of the community.
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