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Dr. Warthrop chopped off my finger with a butcher knife.

Rick Yancey

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Rick Yancey
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 4
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Miami
Florida
Richard Yancey
William James Henry
Will Henry
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Fingers
Chopped
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Knives

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