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Writing is a performance art for me. They're very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I'm a writer, not a performer.
Clive James
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Clive James
Age: 80 †
Born: 1939
Born: October 7
Died: 2019
Died: November 24
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Kogarah
New South Wales
Australia
Clive Vivian Leopold James
Clive Vivian James
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