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This wasn't any mere song and dance here was a bold, blaring declaration howling itself into the empty face of death.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
Death
Declaration
Mere
Dance
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