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" My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road. "
Peter O'Toole
Car
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" It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year. "
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