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We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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Mercy
Dreams
Dream
May

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