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We all love conflagrations. When the sky changes color, it is a dead man's passing.

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Andre Breton
Age: 70 †
Born: 1896
Born: February 18
Died: 1966
Died: September 28
Art Theorist
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Essayist
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Andre Breton
D'André Breton
Andre Breto
René Dobrant
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Surrealism
Passings
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Dead
Men

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