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10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical.
Dick Van Dyke
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Dick Van Dyke
Age: 98
Born: 1925
Born: December 13
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