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We used to have lots of questions to which there were no answers. Now, with the computer, there are lots of answers to which we haven't thought up questions.

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Peter Ustinov
Age: 82 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 16
Died: 2004
Died: March 28
Actor
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Director
Film Producer
Playwright
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Writer
Camden
England
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov
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