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I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.
Mandy Patinkin
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Mandy Patinkin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 30
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Chicago
Illinois
Mandel Bruce Patinkin
Mandy Bruce Patinkin
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