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I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.
Len Wein
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Len Wein
Age: 69 †
Born: 1948
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: September 10
Comics Writer
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New York City
New York
Leonard Norman Wein
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