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I have never been converted to or even had much interest in spiritualism, occultism, Swedenborgianism or any particular religion. And I never, except occasionally for a laugh, visit the quacks who call themselves psychics.

Dick Cavett

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Dick Cavett
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
Actor
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Gibbon
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Richard Alva Cavett
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