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Now death is with us in such abundance and hovers over us in so massive a form that we don't have time to invent a mythology, nor is our creativity directed toward same. Now it's to prevent death.

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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
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Syracuse
New York
Rodman Edward Serling
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