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And I will die, and you will die, and we all will die, and even the stars will fade out one after another in time.

Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac
Age: 47 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 13
Died: 1969
Died: October 21
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
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Even
Time
Fade
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Stars
Dies
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