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The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave

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Pat Conroy
Age: 70 †
Born: 1945
Born: October 26
Died: 2016
Died: March 4
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Basketball Player
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Patrick Conroy
Donald Patrick Conroy
Literature
Everything
World
Refuses
Refuse
Leave
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