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Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.
Bill Forsyth
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Bill Forsyth
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 29
Film Director
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Glasgow
Scotland
William David Forsyth
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