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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.

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Ben Stein
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 25
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Benjamin J. Stein
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