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Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them.

Robert Ludlum

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Robert Ludlum
Age: 73 †
Born: 1927
Born: May 25
Died: 2001
Died: March 12
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New York City
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Jonathan Ryder
Michael Shepherd
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