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That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
Luck
Bears
Works
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System
Sometimes
Way
Bear

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