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In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
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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I was lucky to get one good adaptation. Field of Dreams the Musical is lurking in the wings. Hope it will provide my daughters with a ton of money someday.
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My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like a cashmere blanket.
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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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If you build it, he will come.
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I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.
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My main income came from failed movie and TV options.
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My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.
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