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I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.
Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
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Film Producer
Journalist
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Philadelphia
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Michael Joseph Connelly
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