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There were many hours when I never quite know how I'd gotten there or why I stayed.

Philip Roth

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Philip Roth
Age: 85 †
Born: 1933
Born: March 18
Died: 2018
Died: May 22
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Newark
New Jersey
Philip Milton Roth
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