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Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?

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
Human
Drown
Humans
Element
Fish
Fishes
Air
Elements
Beings
Water
Suffocate

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