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Some people are paralyzed by the consciousness of death, other people live with it.... The fatwa certainly made me think about it a lot more than I ever had. I guess I know I'm going to die, but then, so are you.

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
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Bombay
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