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Cosmology is serious business and in our hearts we are nothing if not cosmologists, hanging in a cold cage sifting the ruthless jewels of existence.
Dennis Overbye
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Dennis Overbye
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 2
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Hearts
Sifting
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Hanging
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