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Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.

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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 13
Died: 1980
Died: April 29
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Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
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