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When the Second World War finished, I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. Seeing horror depicted on film doesn't affect me much.

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Christopher Lee
Age: 93 †
Born: 1922
Born: May 27
Died: 2015
Died: June 7
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