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Here I sit, alone at 60, Bald and fat and full of sin Cold the seat, and loud the cistern As I read the (Harpic) (Lysol) tin

Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: May 9
Actor
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