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I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.

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Wes Craven
Age: 76 †
Born: 1939
Born: August 2
Died: 2015
Died: August 30
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Wesley Earl Craven
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A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose.
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