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You've got some 'Star-Spangled' nails in your coffin, kid. That's what they've done for you, son.
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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Burn all the maps to your body. I'm not here of my own choosing.
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