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A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
Author
Novelist
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Everett
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Dean Ray Koontz
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