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Simplicity is not a simple thing.

Charlie Chaplin

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Charlie Chaplin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 16
Died: 1977
Died: December 25
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London
England
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
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