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Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

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