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I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and give them a weight and shape no greater than that of a cloud of blue butterflies.

Brendan Gill

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Brendan Gill
Age: 83 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 4
Died: 1997
Died: December 27
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Hartford
Connecticut
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