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As our Governments spin, lie and lose their credibility, the electorate simply shrugs and looks the other way.
John le Carre
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John le Carre
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 19
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Actor
Film Producer
Novelist
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Spy
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Sweetwater
Texas
David John Moore Cornwell
David Cornwell
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