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I know loads of coppers and dealt with them a lot when I was a journalist - coppers are easy to write for they tend to run on rails.

Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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