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If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

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Peter Ustinov
Age: 82 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 16
Died: 2004
Died: March 28
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Film Director
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov
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