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Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.
Frank Gehry
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Frank Gehry
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: February 28
Architect
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Furniture Designer
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City of Toronto
Frank Owen Gehry
Frank O. Gehry
Ephraim Owen Goldberg
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Democracy
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