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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce - my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions - the absurdity of the thing.
Billy Connolly
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Billy Connolly
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 24
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Sir William Connolly
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