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It seemed incredible to me that day without premonitions or symbols should be the one of my inexorable death .

Jorge Luis Borges

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Jorge Luis Borges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 24
Died: 1986
Died: March 26
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Buenos Ayres
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges
Chorche Louis Borches
Jorge Luis Borges Acevedo
Horhe Luis Borhes
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Khorkhe Luyis Borkhes
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
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