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Wouldn't it be nice if all the people who are lonesome could live in one big dormitory, sleep in beds next to each other, talk, laugh, and keep the lights on as long as they want to?

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Lenny Bruce
Age: 40 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 1966
Died: August 3
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Screenwriter
Singer
Writer
Mineola
New York
Bigs
Loneliness
Keep
Bed
Next
Laugh
Light
Wouldn
Live
Laughing
Dormitory
Long
Sleep
Beds
People
Nice
Lonesome
Talk
Lights

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