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When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee
Gyorgy Ligeti
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Age: 83 †
Born: 1923
Born: May 28
Died: 2006
Died: June 11
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Budapest
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