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James Lafayette Dickey
BornFeb 2, 1923
DiedJan 19, 1997
Age73
Stiff · January 19, 1997

James Lafayette Dickey

One little-publicized fact about the author of Deliverance is that on the set of the movie, he kept begging to be the stand-in for Ned Beatty.

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Guess the stiff · died 2000

Here's your friggin' time warp, Professor.