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Also Known As Herbert Lawrence Block
Born October 13, 1909 • Chicago • Illinois
Died October 7, 2001 (aged 91) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994)
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