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I chose the shadows they did not choose me. I stay here securely not just because I feel plain, but because disappearance is by now the easy way. The habit. The worn path that I can trod knowingly and be assured safe passage home.

Rod McKuen

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Rod McKuen
Age: 81 †
Born: 1933
Born: April 29
Died: 2015
Died: January 29
Actor
Composer
Film Score Composer
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Rodney Marvin McKuen
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