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- Author's profession: Entertainer
- Nationality: australian
- Born: February 15, 1934
- Died: May 25, 2005
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I try to believe everything I read in the newspapers, but I had difficulty with last week's account of the London vagrant who was found, after death, to be carrying 1,500 in small change in his socks. My reason for doubting the story is that I, too, like to carry small change in my socks, but I have found that with more that 15 or 20 worth it becomes impossible to walk.
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