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But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.
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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