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The things I've bought from strangers in the dark would curl your hair.
David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 26
Comedian
Essayist
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Binghamton
New York
David Raymond Sedaris
Dark
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Hair
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