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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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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
Actor
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Film Actor
Musician
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Trade Unionist
Vienna
Austria
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