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My stuff is my stuff. I do it for my own reasons, using my own peculiar set of guidelines. I'm not a student of the genre. I don't care what anybody else does.

George A. Romero

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George A. Romero
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: February 4
Died: 2017
Died: July 16
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