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In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Noblesville
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