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It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are.

Eric Jerome Dickey

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Eric Jerome Dickey
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: July 7
Died: 2021
Died: January 3
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Memphis
Tennessee
Love
Scary
Telling
Someone
Care
Really

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