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I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.
Hubert Selby, Jr.
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Hubert Selby, Jr.
Age: 75 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 23
Died: 2004
Died: April 26
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