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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
Actor
Businessperson
Film Actor
Musician
Politician
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Trade Unionist
Vienna
Austria
Theodore Meir Bikel
Granddaddy
Prefer
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I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
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