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I always remember writing a page of jokes for a comedian and handing it to him backstage at a club and he read it and then took his cigarette lighter and lit the page on...

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Garry Marshall
Age: 81 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 13
Died: 2016
Died: July 19
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Garry Kent Marshall
Garry K. Marshall
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We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.
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I made nepotism an art form, so I get to work with a lot of relatives and they're part of it.
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