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Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.
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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