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Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

Michael Caine

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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
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