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A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.

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Arthur Miller
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 17
Died: 2005
Died: February 10
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New York City
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Arthur Asher Miller
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