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Karen M. McManus, 56
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Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
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Jon Favreau, 44
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
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Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
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Jeff Bauman, 39
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Sahara Rose, 34
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Brad Falchuk, 54
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EE Cummings (1894-1962)
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Richard Phillips, 70
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Jan Brett, 75
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Dorothy West (1907-1998)
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Jo Yee, 44
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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
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