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Life is funny and we are really funny, especially when we get to be hoity toity we can be so ridiculous. Life is fun.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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