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Death will come in any case, and there is a long afterwards if the priests are right and nothing to fear if they are wrong.

Graham Greene

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Henry Graham Greene
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