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I'm a big man and I like big dogs.... The dogs kept growing until only one of us could get in the elevator. It caused enough hassles so they finally kicked me out of my apartment.

Wilt Chamberlain

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Wilt Chamberlain
Age: 63 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 21
Died: 1999
Died: October 12
Actor
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Coach
Screenwriter
Volleyball Player
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Wilton Norman Chamberlain
Wilt the Stilt
The Big Dipper
Mr 100
The Record Book
Dippy
The Load
George Marcus
Dip
Big Musty
Bigs
Apartment
Enough
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Men
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Kept
Hassles
Finally
Hassle
Dog
Elevator
Friendship
Elevators
Growing
Kicked

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