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I'm very proud of being a hack. It's why I've lived as long as I have, I think.

Stan Lee

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Stan Lee
Age: 95 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 28
Died: 2018
Died: November 12
Business Executive
Comic Book Writer
Comics Writer
Editor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Journalist
Publisher
Manhattan borough
New York City
Stanley Lieber
Stanley Martin Lieber
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Hacks
Lived
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