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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
Author
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Playwright
Screenwriter
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
Aspiration
Greatest
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Tropics

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