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Postmodernism lives in the academy, where words abandon reality to serve ambition, and reputations rise on hot air.
Walter Darby Bannard
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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
Painter
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New Haven
Connecticut
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