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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Certain
Stretch
Even
Falling
Men
Worst
Enemy
Hand
Fall
Death
Cliff
Hands
Cliffs

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