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I cannot sleep for dreaming I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door.

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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
New York
Arthur Asher Miller
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