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Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to his fiancee.

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W. C. Fields
Age: 66 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 29
Died: 1946
Died: December 25
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Cabaret Artist
Circus Performer
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Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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William Claude Dukenfield
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