When I read obituaries I always note the age of the decease… - Don DeLillo

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When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying.

Don DeLillo

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Donald Richard "Don" DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an award-winning American novelist, playwright, and essayist, best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Birth Name: Donald Richard DeLillo

Alternative Names: Don Delillo • Donald Richard "Don" DeLillo

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