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Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.

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Hugh Leonard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 9
Died: 2009
Died: February 12
Actor
Dramatist
Journalist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Arnold
Admired
Notes
Taking
Writer
Actually
Father
Bennett
Deathbed

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