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He doesn’t just look upset—he looks newly blind. There is such loss in his eyes, and it permeates every other part of his body.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
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Blind
Every
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Eyes
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Permeates
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Newly
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Upset

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