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Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

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Victor Borge
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 3
Died: 2000
Died: December 23
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
Stand-Up Comedian
København
Børge Rosenbaum
Flats
Twice
Wrote
Moved
Three
Beethoven

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How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
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(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
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I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.
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I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano.
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