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If I cannot fly, let me sing.

Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Composer
Dramaturge
Librettist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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