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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.

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Dick Cavett
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
Actor
Artistic Gymnast
Host
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Writer
Gibbon
Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
Profession
Training
Teaching
Art
Years
Requiring

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