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My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.

David Bailey

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
Megalomaniacs
Damien
Nicholson
Jack
Friends
Hirst

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