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It's so silly. All you do is get the heck out of your body when you die. My gosh, everybody's done it thousands of times. Just because they don't remember, it doesn't mean they haven't done it.

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J. D. Salinger
Age: 91 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 1
Died: 2010
Died: January 27
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New York City
New York
Jerome David Salinger
Jerome Salinger
Everybody
Dies
Gosh
Times
Heck
Doesn
Reincarnation
Remember
Thousands
Body
Silly
Done
Havens
Mean
Haven

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