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To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.

Wilson Mizner

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Wilson Mizner
Age: 56 †
Born: 1876
Born: May 19
Died: 1933
Died: April 3
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Benicia
California
Embarrassment
Lady
Bed
Born

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