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No one ever writes a book in which he is the bad guy.

Andy Rooney

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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
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Albany
New York
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I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.
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