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I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself

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Bobby Darin
Age: 37 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 14
Died: 1973
Died: December 20
Actor
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
The Bronx
New York City
Walden Robert Cassotto
Years
Three
Concentrate
Another
Blame
Didn
Result
Film
Decided
Two
Singing
Give
Anybody
Giving
Results
Going
Acting

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