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If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.
Neil Simon
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Neil Simon
Age: 91 †
Born: 1927
Born: July 4
Died: 2018
Died: August 26
Entrepreneur
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Screenwriter
New York City
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Marvin Neil Simon
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