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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
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