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Nobles and peasants marry early. Businessmen tend to wait.

David Eddings

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
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Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
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Tend
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Early
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Peasants

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