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Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.

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Antony Jay
Age: 86 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 20
Died: 2016
Died: August 21
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
London
England
Sir Antony Rupert Jay
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