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I'm gonna live forever, or die trying.

Joseph Heller

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Joseph Heller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1923
Born: May 1
Died: 1999
Died: December 10
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
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Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
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Live
Trying
Love
Silly
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Forever

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