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For example, Samantha Smith, the 1980s child peace activist, is often referred to today with the addition of her middle name of "Reed" in order to avoid confusion with Samantha Smith the modern actress famous from "Supernatural".
Likewise, Walter Mondale is called Fritz in contenporary recordings from the 1984 election but most people today just refer to him as Walter Mondale.