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I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
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Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
Birmingham
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