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But in high school the business of irrevocable choices began. Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heared clearly in the dreams of later years.

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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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Portland
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Stephen Edwin King
Richard Bachman
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Years
Later
Irrevocable

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