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You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights.

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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Age: 52 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 31
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Autobiographer
Journalist
Lawyer
Writer
New York City
New York
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel
Philosophical
Completely
Ascended
Matter
Prozac
Shampoo
Descended
Heights
Height
Madness

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