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The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

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Sid Caesar
Age: 91 †
Born: 1922
Born: September 8
Died: 2014
Died: February 12
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
Musician
Saxophonist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Isaac Sidney Caesar
Sid Caesar
Isaac Sidney Caesar
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