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...he thought of dying as a kind of adventure, something new that he hadn't yet experienced. Like an unusual vacation trip.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Dying
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Trip
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