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You made one mistake. You married me.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Cynical
Married
Mistake
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Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman?
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