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You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw . . . nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid?
Jerry Spinelli
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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
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