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The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it.

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William Styron
Age: 81 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 11
Died: 2006
Died: November 1
Military Personnel
Novelist
Writer
Newport News
Virginia
William Clark Styron
Jr.
Suffered
Severe
Depression
Visible
Quite
Pain
Unimaginable
Anguish

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