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The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.
William Goldman
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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
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Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
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Annette
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