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A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

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Dick Cavett
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
Actor
Artistic Gymnast
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Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Writer
Gibbon
Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
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