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You could believe that Sinbad could fight a skeleton because that's from a period in the past, a magical period. But if you had James Bond fighting a skeleton, it'd be almost comical.
Ray Harryhausen
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Ray Harryhausen
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: June 19
Died: 2013
Died: May 7
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Raymond Harryhausen
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen
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