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. Other notable works include the cover of the

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'' (2013). Doust is the subject of the Mat de Koning documentary film ''29 Years Eight Days''. Doust was born in

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, in 1984. He grew up in

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. Doust died from an

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on 28 August 2013, aged 29, in

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, California, where he had lived since July 2011.

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1984 births 2013 deaths 21st-century Australian painters Artists from Perth, Western Australia Australian male painters Australian portrait painters Artists from Santa Monica, California Painters from California Neurological disease deaths in California Deaths from epilepsy People with epilepsy American emigrants to Australia Hyperrealist artists {{Australia-painter-stub