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There was no sacrifice in acting for me, even when I was starving in New York. I went three days without eating. Charlie Bronson and I sold blood for $5 so that we could eat.
Jack Klugman
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Jack Klugman
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: April 27
Died: 2012
Died: December 24
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Jacob Joaquin Klugman
Jacob Joachim Klugman
Jacob Klugman
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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