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While I’m on the subject of Gerry, I have a distinct memory of listening to MAG 4 for the first time after hearing a lot about Gerard Keay, and going, “This is the guy everyone loves so much? I don’t get it, what’s his deal?” and deciding to check out his page on the fan wiki.

And the FIRST THING my eyes were drawn to was THIS piece of biographical information:

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I was not prepared.

[Image ID: a screenshot of the Magnus Archives wiki page for Gerard Keay. There are two rows of information. The first reads, 

First Death Brain tumour in late 2014 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, USA

The second reads,

Second Death Burned by Jonathan Sims in August 2017

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