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Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Bite
Bites
Worse
Friend
Peace
Death
Thing
Learnt
Bark

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