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The doctor frowned upon drinking and often expressed wonderment at men who willingly made imbeciles of themselves.

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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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Doctor
Doctors
Drinking
Upon
Wonderment
Often
Imbeciles
Made
Frowned
Men
Willingly

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