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There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.

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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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John Ernst Steinbeck
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