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I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theater, I didn't even know there was a show business.

David Geffen

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David Geffen
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 21
Art Collector
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Film Producer
Music Executive
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Record Producer
Talent Agent
Television Producer
Theatrical Producer
Brooklyn
New York
David Lawrence Geffen
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