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In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
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Dancer
Film Actor
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Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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