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I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.
Terry Gilliam
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Terry Gilliam
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: November 22
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Terrence Vance Gilliam
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