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The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

James M. Barrie

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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
Journalist
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the United States of America
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