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Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.

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Yakov Smirnoff
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: January 24
Actor
Comedian
Odesa
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Humorous
Russia
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If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.
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In Russia, if a male athelete loses he becomes a female athelete.
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