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I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
Artist
Designer
Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
McQ
Anything
Nondescript
Wallflower

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