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At no time, anywhere, was the population of a country told the truth: facts about events trickled into general consciousness much later, if ever.

Doris Lessing

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Doris Lessing
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 22
Died: 2013
Died: November 17
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Doris May Tayler
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