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A jazz drummer.
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Nish Kumar
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Something in comedy. It was either this or Jimi Hendrix.
A foreign correspondent.
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I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.
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I’ve been happy all my life.
A Rolex; I’m not a big spender.
Not photographing Marilyn Monroe.
I was invited to Sharon Tate’s house the night she was murdered. I declined the invite due to jetlag.
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