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For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about.

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Alexei Sayle
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
City of Liverpool
Alexei David Sayle
Uninteresting
Showbiz
Memoir
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People

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