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That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?

Harper Lee

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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Monroeville
Alabama
Nelle Harper Lee
Tablecloth
Mockingbird
Boys
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