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I am afraid of death. I believe nothing, and therefore like many who believe nothing I must make something, and that something is the meaning which I give my life.

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
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Anne O'Brien
A. N. Roquelaure
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Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
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