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No matter what you write, it's a matter of putting words in a certain order so that the reader will be interested in what you're writing.

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Stan Lee
Age: 95 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 28
Died: 2018
Died: November 12
Business Executive
Comic Book Writer
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Stanley Lieber
Stanley Martin Lieber
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