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If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
Peter Ustinov
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Peter Ustinov
Age: 82 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 16
Died: 2004
Died: March 28
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Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
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