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I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end.

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Jeff Kinney
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 19
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Jeffrey Patrick Kinney
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