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If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 81 †
Born: 1892
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: September 2
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