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Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty.
Steve Martin
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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
Actor
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Banjoist
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Film Producer
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Waco
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Steve Glenn Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin
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