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You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you're stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get a lot of, 'Hey, you're great! What's your name again?'

Dick Cavett

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