“When I used to speak of the lunatic fringe, I didn’t know I was going to be head of it.”

—  Oscar Levant, book The Memoirs of an Amnesiac

The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965)

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American comedian, composer, pianist and actor 1906–1972

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