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Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what? I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people o die embarrassed.

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
Around
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Wells
Well
Looks
Fiddling
Feel
Embarrassed
Feels
Dies
People
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