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It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.
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The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.
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