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It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.

Fred Allen

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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
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Happiness
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Suppress
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Hips
Back
Spread
Laughter
Laughing
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