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I saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead!

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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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Harbour
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Pearls
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