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Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is experienced for the first time.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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Scrabble Player
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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