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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

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Man Ray
Age: 86 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 27
Died: 1976
Died: November 18
Actor
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Designer
Film Director
Film Editor
Filmmaker
Jewelry Designer
Painter
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Emmanuel Radenski
Emmanuel Rudnitzky
Emmanuel Radnitzky
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Emmanuel Rudnitsky
Emmanuel Radnitzsky
Emmanuel Radensky
Emmanuel Radnitsky
Emmanuel Radinski
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Ray [rejected]
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
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