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Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.

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Douglas Adams
Age: 49 †
Born: 1952
Born: March 11
Died: 2001
Died: May 11
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Douglas Noel Adams
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