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we're all golden sunflowers inside.

Allen Ginsberg

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Allen Ginsberg
Age: 70 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 3
Died: 1997
Died: April 5
Autobiographer
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Musician
Photographer
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Irwin Allen Ginsberg
Ayālena Gīnasabārga
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