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Perhaps God is not dead perhaps God himself is mad.
R. D. Laing
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R. D. Laing
Age: 61 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 7
Died: 1989
Died: August 23
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Existential Therapist
Military Personnel
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Glasgow
Scotland
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