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Enjoy your life today because yesterday had gone and tomorrow may never come

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Alan Coren
Age: 69 †
Born: 1938
Born: June 27
Died: 2007
Died: October 18
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Today
May
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Yesterday
Never
Tomorrow
Life
Gone
Enjoy
Beautiful

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