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All other areas of my life, I'm hopeless. I can't even be certain how to boil an egg.
Ian Mckellen
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Ian Mckellen
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: May 25
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County of York
Sir Ian Murray McKellen
Ian Murray McKellen
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