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My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.

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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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