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A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
R. L. Stine
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R. L. Stine
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 8
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Columbus
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Robert Lawrence Stine
Jovial Bob Stine
Eric Affabee
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