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That's what you do when the curtain is falling--you give the line that the audience wants to hear.
Rick Yancey
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Rick Yancey
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 4
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Science Fiction Writer
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Miami
Florida
Richard Yancey
William James Henry
Will Henry
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