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Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

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Clive James
Age: 80 †
Born: 1939
Born: October 7
Died: 2019
Died: November 24
Author
Broadcaster
Literary Critic
Poet
Television Presenter
Writer
Kogarah
New South Wales
Australia
Clive Vivian Leopold James
Clive Vivian James
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Tranquility
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Whose
Quiet
Fire
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Walker
Moments
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Trousers

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