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My father helped me leave. He said, 'It's all out there, it's not here.'

Alan King

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Alan King
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: December 26
Died: 2004
Died: May 9
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Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
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New York
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