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All children are sweet at five. But at twelve they begin to get silly.

Jean Anouilh

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Jean Anouilh
Age: 77 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 23
Died: 1987
Died: October 3
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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh
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