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I love fishing. It's transcendental meditation with a punchline.
Billy Connolly
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Billy Connolly
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 24
Actor
Banjoist
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Guitarist
Screenwriter
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Glasgow
Scotland
Sir William Connolly
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