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I caught a pebble in the moonlight.

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Pebble
Pebbles
Moonlight
Caught

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