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Slippery stages were the terror of my life.
Fred Astaire
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Fred Astaire
Age: 88 †
Born: 1899
Born: May 10
Died: 1987
Died: June 22
Actor
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Singer
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Nebraska
Frederick Austerlitz
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I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.
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