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Mortality, behold, and fear, What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones.

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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
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Film Producer
Journalist
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Teheran
Judith Rumelt
Fear
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Mortality
Many
Royal
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Bones
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