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I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 69
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
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