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Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
Ed Koch
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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
Film Critic
Former United States Representative
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Edward Irving Ed Koch
Edward I. Koch
Edward Irving Koch
Suburbs
Wasting
Lived
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Nothing
Life
Sterile
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