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When I was small, I would refuse to drink when I ate fish because I thought the fish would reconstitute itself in my stomach

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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
Fish
Fishes
Refuse
Drink
Small
Thought
Would
Reconstitute
Stomach

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