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I don't mind being cast as some kind of a pantomime baddie, but I am very fair in business. I always have been. I pride myself on being fair.

Simon Cowell

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Simon Cowell
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
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Simon Phillip Cowell
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