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I invented magic stuff it came very easily. Now, I sucked at everything else, but I was good at magic as a kid.
David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
Film Actor
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Illusionist
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Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
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