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There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family.

Garrison Keillor

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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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Comedian
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Anoka
Minnesota
Gary Edward Keillor
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