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I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.

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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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Disney
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