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I have made love to ten thousand women.

Georges Simenon

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Georges Simenon
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 13
Died: 1989
Died: September 4
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Writer
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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
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