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Ill just say whats in my heart: Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump.

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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You want me to admit I'm a four-foot, six-inch freckle-faced person of Jewish extraction? I admit it. All but the extraction. But being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.
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