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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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