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A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Len Wein

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Len Wein
Age: 69 †
Born: 1948
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: September 10
Comics Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Leonard Norman Wein
Friendship
Friend
Friends
Rather
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Clever
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Patience
Anywhere

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