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He was a contributor to magazines including vanity fair, the atlantic, and world affairs and the author of god is not great and many other books. Arguably arguably was one of the last books published by christopher hitchens and was released in 2011. Hitchens died on december 15, 2011, from complications arising from oesophageal cancer. Born in portsmouth, england, in 1949, his family moved around because of his fathers naval service.
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