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Boo, Forever Spinning like a ghost on the bottom of a top, I'm haunted by all the space that I will live without you.
Richard Brautigan
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Richard Brautigan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1935
Born: January 30
Died: 1984
Died: October 25
Novelist
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Tacoma
Washington
Richard Gary Brautigan
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