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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.

Irvin S. Cobb

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Irvin S. Cobb
Age: 67 †
Born: 1876
Born: June 23
Died: 1944
Died: March 10
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Journalist
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Writer
Paducah
Kentucky
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Irvin Cobb
Standing
Humor
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Torn
Head
Pants
Appreciation
Tragedy
Laughter
Merely

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