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God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
Author
Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
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Hard
Damned
Going
Mortals
Make
Seemed
Time
Killing
Mere

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