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I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.
Tom Lehrer
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Tom Lehrer
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 9
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New York City
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Thomas Andrew Lehrer
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