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Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
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Unfinished
Ghost

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Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? The Blood of Jesus whispers peace within.
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