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It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other.

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Mario Puzo
Age: 78 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 15
Died: 1999
Died: July 2
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Diplomat
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Mario Cleri
Mario Gianluigi Puzo
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