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The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him.

Morgan Freeman

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Morgan Freeman
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 1
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