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We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.

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Michael Crichton
Age: 66 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: November 4
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Basketball Player
Film Director
Film Producer
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Science Fiction Writer
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John Michael Crichton
Michael Douglas
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