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Burn all the maps to your body. I'm not here of my own choosing.
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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Writer
Tacoma
Washington
Richard Gary Brautigan
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Body
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