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You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and what-all. If you write beautifully, you can write beautifully.

Rod Serling

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Rod Serling
Age: 50 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 25
Died: 1975
Died: June 28
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Rodman Edward Serling
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