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I see the way I look upon organized religion, I was a victim of that of mythology, and of cruelty, and all the absurd stuff.
Malachy McCourt
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Malachy McCourt
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 20
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New York City
New York
Malachy Gerard McCourt
Malachy G. McCourt
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