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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.

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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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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