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This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

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Art Buchwald
Age: 81 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 20
Died: 2007
Died: January 17
Columnist
Essayist
Humorist
Journalist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Mount Vernon
New York
Time
Funnier
Humorists
Easy
Government

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