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Marcus King swears he saw Death on the streets of Nashville last year. King and his then girlfriend were staying the night at the Bobby Hotel downtown after an exterminator had been at their house during the day. Their relationship had grown rocky, and the couple had a fight. So King went for a walk to clear his head. As he strolled down Printers Alley, he says, he saw someone wearing a green sweatshirt hunched over on the street. When King passed by, he looked down

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