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Everyone has a telephone. Whether they can afford it or not. It's one of those things that people have, regardless of their income.

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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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