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At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it.

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Tim Conway
Age: 85 †
Born: 1933
Born: December 15
Died: 2019
Died: May 14
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