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I think I would like to be in Victorian times. Small town. Bandstands. Summer. That kind of thing. Without disease.

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Rod Serling
Age: 50 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 25
Died: 1975
Died: June 28
Film Producer
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Syracuse
New York
Rodman Edward Serling
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