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Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.
W. C. Fields
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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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Philadelphia
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WC Fields
William Claude Dukenfield
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