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I too have experienced the extreme pain of living, but I have also experienced some of its remarkable ecstasy.

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
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Remarkable
Extremes
Pain
Living
Also
Rama
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