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He convinced me - Fred Freeman - to go to Hollywood and we went to Hollywood to write sitcoms. Joey Bishop actually paid my way to Hollywood.

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Garry Marshall
Age: 81 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 13
Died: 2016
Died: July 19
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