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Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.

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Douglas Adams
Age: 49 †
Born: 1952
Born: March 11
Died: 2001
Died: May 11
Comedian
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Science Fiction Writer
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Douglas Noel Adams
Douglas Noël Adams
Douglas N. Adams
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