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The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive.
Ray Bradbury
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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
Novelist
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Waukegan
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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