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I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles. The canker in the heart of the rose.

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Anne O'Brien
A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Rampling
Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
Death
Canker
Come
Candles
Heart
Lace
Silk
Halloween
Candle
Gentleman
Rose

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