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You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.

Don Rickles

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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
Actor
Comedian
Dancer
Singer
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Voice Actor
Queens
New York
Donald Jay Rickles
Don Jay Rickles
Donald Rickles
Donald J. Rickles
Don J. Rickles
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Frank Sinatra enjoyed my humor, so I could say almost anything to him. I mean, within reason.
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