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Peter Benchley

American author (1940-2006).

Born May 8th, 1940 in New York City.

Died February 12th, 2006 at 65 years old in Princeton (lung disease).

Occupations
actor, journalist, novelist, prosaist, screenwriter, writer
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci