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The maid screamed. The Queen gasped. Sophie waved.

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Roald Dahl
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 13
Died: 1990
Died: November 23
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Fighter Pilot
Novelist
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Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
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Wing Commander Roald Dahl
Sophie
Maid
Maids
Queen
Queens
Gasped
Waved
Screamed

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