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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
Mel Brooks
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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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