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No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
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Playwright
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Fresno
California
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