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Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.
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I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.
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