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He's as weird as snake's suspenders but sweet as a stolen kiss, too.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
Essayist
Literary Critic
Naval Officer
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Science Writer
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Butler
Missouri
Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
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