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I basked in you I loved you, helplessly, with a boundless tongue-tied love. And death doesn't prevent me from loving you. Besides, in my opinion you aren't dead. (I know dead people, and you are not dead.)
Franz Wright
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Franz Wright
Age: 62 †
Born: 1953
Born: March 18
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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Vienna
Austria
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