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For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.
John le Carre
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John le Carre
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 19
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Actor
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Sweetwater
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David John Moore Cornwell
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