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He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.

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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
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Screenwriter
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Jackson
Tennessee
William Thomas Harris III
Dreading
Numbness
Numb
Except
Loss

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