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A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation

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Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
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Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
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