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Nobody really lives in the present.
Ruth Rendell
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Ruth Rendell
Age: 85 †
Born: 1930
Born: February 17
Died: 2015
Died: May 2
Baroness Rendell Of Babergh
Novelist
Politician
Screenwriter
Writer
London
England
Ruth Grasemann
Barbara Vine
Baroness Rendell of Babergh
Ruth Barbara Grasemann
Ruth Barbara Rendell
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