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The best things in life aren't things.

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Art Buchwald
Age: 81 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 20
Died: 2007
Died: January 17
Columnist
Essayist
Humorist
Journalist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Mount Vernon
New York
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Things
Aren
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Attitude
Tattoo
Life
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Materialism
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Family
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