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There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.
Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 26
Died: 1994
Died: March 28
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God is dead. Marx is dead. And I don't feel so well myself.
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