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And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.

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Ian Fleming
Age: 55 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 28
Died: 1964
Died: August 12
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Journalist
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Sailor
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Mayfair
London
Ian Lancaster Fleming
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Bond
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