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I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.

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Don Rickles
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
Died: 2017
Died: April 6
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Queens
New York
Donald Jay Rickles
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