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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

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Fred Allen
Age: 61 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 31
Died: 1956
Died: March 17
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Radio Personality
Screenwriter
Cambridge
Massachusetts
John Florence Sullivan
Humorous
France
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Cities
Firsts
Visitor
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Visitors
Thing
Taxi
Paris

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