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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.

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Jack Vance
Age: 96 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2013
Died: May 26
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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San Francisco County
California
John Holbrook Vance
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John H. Vance
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