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What is a harp but an oversized cheese slicer with cultural pretensions?

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Denis Norden
Age: 96 †
Born: 1922
Born: February 6
Died: 2018
Died: September 19
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Hackney
Denis Mostyn Norden
Cultural
Oversized
Pretensions
Harp
Harps
Pretension
Cheese

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