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I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

Nadine Gordimer

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Nadine Gordimer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1923
Born: November 20
Died: 2014
Died: July 13
Novelist
Playwright
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Scientific Editor
Short Story Writer
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