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I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.

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Danny Kaye
Age: 76 †
Born: 1911
Born: January 18
Died: 1987
Died: March 3
Actor
Aircraft Pilot
Comedian
Film Actor
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
David Daniel Kaminsky
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Hamlet
Entertainer
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Funny

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