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I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
Alan Alda
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Alan Alda
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: January 28
Actor
Film Actor
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo
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