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Death looms large I guess because it should. It's the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It's the only thing we've really got, and I don't mean to sound bleak about this, but it's a unifying factor amongst us all.

Nick Cave

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Nick Cave
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: September 22
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