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Most books, like their authors, are born to die of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them they live, and their influence lives forever.

William Styron

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William Styron
Age: 81 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 11
Died: 2006
Died: November 1
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William Clark Styron
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