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I suppose if you simplify things, it's going to make it easier to understand.

Edward Albee

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Edward Albee
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 12
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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Playwright
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Screenwriter
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Washington
District of Columbia
Edward Franklin Albee III
Edward Albee
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