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I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
Elmore Leonard
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Elmore Leonard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 20
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Film Producer
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Dutch Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr.
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