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There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.

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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Brooklyn
New York
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Nobody
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Believe

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