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I think that [Barack] Obama was elected because young people are starting to get interested in their country and I think that's a very healthy thing.
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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Issur Danielovitch
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