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Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.

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Chuck Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 21
Died: 2002
Died: February 22
Actor
Animation Director
Animator
Comics Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Spokane
Washington
Charles Martin Jones
Charles M. Jones
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