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In all my years of New York cab riding I have yet to find the colorful, philosophical cabdriver that keeps popping up on the late movies.
Jean Shepherd
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Jean Shepherd
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: July 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 16
Actor
Raconteur
Radio Personality
Writer
the United States of America
Jean Parker Shepherd
Shep
Frederick R. Ewing
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York
Late
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