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Grief is no more necessary when we understand death than fear is necessary when we understand flying.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
Military Officer
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
Prosaist
Writer
Oak Park
Illinois
Richard Bach
Death
Flying
Grief
Sorrow
Necessary
Understand
Fear

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