Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married his first wife, Emily Munroe McNair, daughter of Captain Laurence McNair U.S.N., on December 22, 1945 at Church of the Transfiguration, a Catholic church in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1945, Zimbalist married Emily McNair and they had a daughter, Nancy, and son, Efrem III. I agree, #travmaj Thank you for reading and commenting :), #Flourish Anyway - I am always in awe of people who live well and live into their 90's or older. Thank you. PTL's principal televangelistic successor, the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN),[26] engaged Zimbalist to make its many announcements including the station's idents every half hour, which aired between 1992 and 2012. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. had a Spoleto Fesitval connection. As had his father and grandfather before him, the family traveled to the Ukraine in the former Soviet Union so Alma and Efrem Sr. could tour western Europe. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1907 after winning a gold medal and the Rubinstein Prize, and by age 21 was considered one of the world's greatest violinists.[9]. He then went on to produce many operas including The Consul that earned the Pulitzer Prize for Music. His charismatic good looks made him memorable as an accomplished actor, appearing first on stage and in several movies, but becoming more widely known for his work on television. Zimbalist relinquished the role after the program's first season because of the filming at studios outside Madrid, Spain, and the role subsequently went to Henry Darrow. Zimbalist's stunning good looks and cool, deductive manner made him an instant star when "77 Sunset Strip" began its six-season run in 1958. Both the programs established him as a household name. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. They boarded Efrem Jr. at a Conservatory in Kiev for one year. After four years of flirting with each other, Laura Holt and Remington Steele finally tie the knot on Saturday`s episode of Remington Steele (9 p.m. on NBC-Ch. Zimbalist is survived by his three children son Efren, daughters Stephanie an actress and our girl Nancy Zimbalist. In the early '90s, he played Don Alejandro de la Vega in "Zorro" on the Family Channel. Hoover and Efrem Jr. remained friends until Hoover's death. He became acquainted with Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and it is his voice you hear at the top of every hour announcing the station's name. With Angela Lansbury, Donna Bullock, Len Cariou, James Handy. A year later in 1938, Alma was seriously ill and dying with liver disease. [28], In later life, Zimbalist joined the congregation of an Episcopal parish near to his home. But he would always be best known as a TV star, ironic for an actor who told The Associated Press in 1993 that when Warner Bros. hired him he had no interest in doing television. Zorros true identity is Don Diego Vega (later changed to Don Diego de la Vega), a young nobleman who lived in Los Angeles, California, during the early 19th century when the area was still under Spanish rule. At at time in history when beatniks ala Dobie Gillis and Maynard were all the crazy, they employed Kookie, a beatnik parking lot attendant, who helped them track down their bad guys. He packed up his two children and moved to Philadelphia where his father was director of The Curtis Institute of Music. The son of renowned artists soprano Alma Gluck and violinist Efrem Zimbalist he was the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who survives him. I don't know why they only give shows a 5 year run and other shows (sometimes terrible shows) get to run for so much longer. lol Thank you. Nev and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. of En cino, Calif., the actor in the television series "The F.B.I LOS ANGELES - Handsome, debonair and blessed with a distinguished voice that reflected his real-life prep school upbringing, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. seemed born to play the television roles that made him famous, that of hip Hollywood detective and brilliant G-man. Don't worry. Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice: Directed by Vincent McEveety. In 2003, he published his memoirs, My Dinner of Herbs, and a year later came out of retirement to act with his daughter again in a stage production of Tennessee Williams's Night of the Iguana in Ventura, California. In addition to his son and other daughter, Stephanie, he is . [citation needed], Apart from 77 Sunset Strip, Zimbalist was most widely known for his starring role as Inspector Lewis Erskine in the Quinn Martin television production The F.B.I., which premiered on September 19, 1965, and aired its final episode on September 8, 1974. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie and his son, Efrem Zimbalist III. All Rights Reserved. When daughter Marcia started at Wellesley College in 1923, she decided to elope, giving birth to a daughter a year later in 1924. Efrem Jr. played tennis with Jack Warner, head of Warner Brothers and often joked that playing tennis with him was what kept acting parts coming his way. pp. Granddaughter Alexis looks on as FBI director Robert Mueller show off the badge that was presented to the actor as an honorary special agent, the highest civilian honor awarded by the FBI, on June 8, 2009 in Los Angeles. He then settled in the United States. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (November 30, 1918 May 2, 2014) was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. Today. Family film directed and written by Margaret Raphael. . The clothing bills he sent home to be paid didn't win over his parents either. According to Doris Roberts in her 2005 interview with The Archive of American Television, the two did not speak when not in character in fact they didnt even say good morning to one another on the set. At the end of each episode the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. Birthday: November 30, 1918 (Sagittarius). In 1954, he was cast in his first television project, titled Concerning Miss Marlowe. Two of his television series were extremely popular - 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. Zimbalist had better luck with "The F.B.I.," which endured for a decade as one of TV's most popular shows. the following year and that program aired until 1974. After the war, the director and writer Garson Kanin, a friend of the family, gave Zimbalist his first professional role in his Broadway production of Robert E Sherwood's The Rugged Path (1945), which starred Spencer Tracy. More shows were planned, but since there was no money left, the production had to cease. Stephanie Zimbalist has since given strong, sympathetic performances portraying independent working women in the TV movie The Story Lady (1991) and in the off-Broadway surrogate-mother drama, The Baby Dance (1991). He refers to those years as the years he went overboard in his fundamentalist associations. Alma had just been discovered in 1909 and by 1911 she was already on her way to stardom at the Metropolitan Opera, earning an amazing $700 a week. Following the war, Zimbalist returned to New York and made his Broadway acting debut in The Rugged Path,[10][11] starring Spencer Tracy. Gian Carlo Menotti's interesting story appears in the sidebar. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. When Menotti died, he became sole heir to his vast fortune, Yester Castle in Scotland (which he sold in 2010 to Lady Gaga), homes in Monaco and Philadelphia, his copyrights and royalties. Linda Bilyeu from Orlando, FL on June 01, 2014: Outstanding tribute to an awesome actor!! Through the years, whenever anyone wrote about Efrem Zimbalist Jr. or introduced him at gatherings, they always used the same terms: suave, handsome, dashing, debonair. In 1963, Dragnet's Jack Webb was hired as consultant to overhaul the show. In 2007, Loranda also died from cancer. He was raised Episcopalian and died an Episcopalian, returning to his faith in the mid-1980s. His parents left him very little money because the Russian government confiscated it from travelers. His partner in life and work, Samuel Barber died in 1981. Following an appearance in the drama movie The Crowded Sky (1960), he did the film A Fever in the Blood (1961), which was based on William Pearsons 1959 novel of the same name. [21] He performed as the narrator in "Good Morning, America" by Elinor Remick WarrenCambria CD #1042 (1993). I looked forward to seeing those photos at the end of each show each week, if only for morbid idle curiosity. She fought to keep the magazine as a monthly publication until 1970, when it was sold to a larger publishing firm. Efrem Zimbalist Jr, actor, born 30 November 1918; died 2 May 2014, Suave actor known for his starring roles in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, right, with William Reynolds, left, in a 1968 episode of The FBI. He retired as a violinist in 1949, but returned in 1952 to give the first performance of the Violin Concerto by Gian Carlo Menotti. "I ended up with my life slanted toward television and I just accept that," he said. Efrem Jr. would follow the Episcopal faith until 1979 when he embraced the evangelical movement, attending the same church as Pat Boone. What year is Zorro set in? She went on to star in a number of movies and television programs, most notably Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941. [8] By the age of nine, Efrem Zimbalist was first violin in his father's orchestra. His younger partner was Jeff Spencer (Roger Smith), and they were often helped by a young, finger-snapping, slang-talking parking lot attendant called Kookie (Edd Byrnes). (See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Efrem Zimbalist. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from October 10, 1982, to February 17, 1987. Freeze: SubZero, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman; he also played villain Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. [15] Hoover held up Zimbalist as a model for F.B.I. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing into peace of our beloved father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., today at his Solvang ranch," the actor's daughter Stephanie Zimbalist and son Efrem Zimbalist III said in a statement. 5). I stopped He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". Alma Gluck died in 1938. Comedian Leslie Jones to be the first guest host of The Daily Show on Tuesday, Pamela Anderson on surviving paparazzi, tabloids, and the stolen sex tape, Golden Globes 2023 highlights and winners, Golden Globes 2023: List of winners and nominees, "S.W.A.T." Rachael O'Halloran (author) from United States on May 23, 2014: #Jodah, This was an awesome family to research. He died in 1985, at the age of 95. At the end of each episode, after Zimbalist and his fellow G-men had captured that week's mobsters, subversives, bank robbers or spies, the series would post real photos from the FBI's most-wanted list. which was written in 1954, was optioned for a movie for many years, but never filmed, possibly because of controversy after the real life connection to the story was learned. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. discusses his book in Part Two which follows Part One in this article. On February 5, 2007, aged 73, Loranda died from lung cancer. Marcia died 1996 in Monterey, CA just before her 93rd birthday. Its critical and surprising commercial success led to his following it up with Menotti's The Consul (1950), which won the New York Drama Critics' award and the Pulitzer prize for the best musical in 1950. He married Emily Munroe McNair in December 1941, in United States. Zimbalist married twice in his lifetime and had three children. He furthered his acting training at Neighborhood Playhouse[6] before serving in the United States Army during World War II, where he became friends with writer and director Garson Kanin. It was Efrem Sr.'s first marriage and Alma's second. The creators used it symbolically in several subsequent episodes. Other reports say they did divorce on December 5, 1961, and they remarried in 1962 . (Lewis Erskine), voice of Alfred the butler on Batman:The Animated Series, Died: May 2, 2014, at age 95 of natural causes. At any rate, they remained married until her death of lung cancer on February 5, 2007. In 1965 he landed another plum TV role in The FBI, and remained in the series for nine years. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. He returned home over four years later with Purple Heart Medal for a shrapnel wound in his leg. He didn't understand a word of Ukrainian. But Jack Warner said, 'Look, television is the business today. employees' personal appearance. Andrew Zimbalist (born 1947), American economist, father of Jeff. Stephanie Zimbalist (born 1956), American actress, daughter of Efrem Jr. What year was Efrem Zimbalist Jr born? Zimbalist married the famous American soprano Alma Gluck and they toured together for a time. Awards While playing Bailey, Zimbalist found time to appear in several more films. In the 1990s he became interested in stem cell therapy, its uses and merits. [26], Episode:"Starcrossed, Part 2 and 3' (S 2: Ep 25-26), This article is about the actor. In 1924, after her retirement, Alma split time between their homes in Connecticut and New York, being a benefactor to other bright hopeful sopranos and musicians, and helping out with musical and community organizations. His suave good looks made him a favorite actor for many. One wonders if his step-grandmother's exposure groomed him to be as successful as she was. In 2009 the FBI honored Zimbalist with his own special agent's badge, making him an honorary G-man in recognition of the contributions his show and his character made to the agency's reputation. Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and FBI director Robert Mueller show off the badge that was presented to the actor as an honorary special agent, the highest civilian honor awarded by the FBI, June 8, 2009 in Los Angeles. In 1941, he was drafted in the United States Army. She was 73 years old. Her last public recital was in 1924 at the Metropolitan Opera House, a place that would hold much sentiment for her husband and children long after she was gone. In 1941 Efrem Jr. was hired as a page for NBC radio in New York City, hoping to get work by going on lots of auditions, but his aspirations of a career were cut short when he got drafted in the Army Infantry for World War II. He had two children to support and he was seriously thinking of retirement from acting to get a steady job. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. said this about J Edgar Hoover in an interview: "He never came on the set, but I knew him. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s half-sister - Marcia Davenport, born in 1903 as Abigail Marcia Glick from Alma's first marriage to Bernard Glick. What a gene pool to come from people who habitually live past age 90. Efrem Sr. became her violin accompanist in 1912 and they fell in love, but Alma was still married to her first husband, Bernard, with whom had a small daughter, Marcia. "A job like this should pay off in one of two ways: satisfaction or money. Efrem passed his background check, then was called to be interviewed by Hoover the following week in Washington, DC. "I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivet, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!'" Her mother started the Ladies' Home Journal magazine and she would be the catalyst to keep the magazine published until her death in 1970. In 1950, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his production of "The Consul," which Efrem Jr. produced. Update: Roger Smith died June 4, 2017 at age 84. Efrem Zimbalist (18891985), Russian violinist, father of Efrem Jr. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (19182014), American actor, son of Efrem and father of Stephanie. But his joy was short-lived. EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie, EMMY NOMINATIONS 2022: Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie. He also recurred in the television dramatic series Hotel. [4] His stepmother was Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist, the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music. I do recall 77 SunsetStrip and FBI. (21 April 1889 February 22, 1985) was a concert violinist, composer, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. He studied violin for seven years under the tutelage of Jascha Heifetz's father, but eventually developed more interest in theater. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was a TV actor, the star of 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI. Early in his career he owned the "Titian" Stradivarius violin. Click link to see the amazing list of magazines his firm publishes. His parents were among the most famous musicians of their time. It would be Alma's last residence. They don't investigate and research their information; they just copy it from other sources. He and his daughter also appeared on stage together in his later years, their first being "The Night of the Iguana". They started making another kind of movie, You may not remember Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s name, but you only had to hear his voice and you placed him instantly. Kookie's character, played by Edd Byrnes, helped draw young viewers to the show, and his constant hair combing created the national catchphrase, "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.". Warner Bros. signed him to a contract and cast him in minor film roles. To each of you, please accept my thanks for taking the time to read them. His only outlet was acting in campus plays. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 30 November 1918-2 May 2014 (Age 95)New York City, New York, United States The Life Summary of Efrem Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born on 30 November 1918, in New York City, New York, United States. Zimbalist's first recurring role in a Warner Bros. Television series was as roguish gambler "Dandy Jim Buckley" on Maverick, opposite James Garner in 1957, and making five appearances as the character. More challenging than in California. Zimbalist died Friday t hi home in Solvang, Calif., rding t a statement issued b hi daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist, nd n Efrem Zimbalist III. He was one of those Hollywood stars you never heard a scandal about. His wife Stephanie died in 2007; and his daughter Nancy in 2012. As the heir apparent to wealthy parents, his taste for expensive suits purchased at the best men's shoppes of Hartford and New Haven made him popular at school. 1957 brought Efrem Jr. a seven year contract with Warner Brothers studio. Father Daughter Relationship (6) Fear (6) Femme Fatale (6) Fire (6) Fistfight (6) Flashback (6) Henchman (6) Hospital (6) Husband Wife Relationship (6) Hyena (6) . He was its director from 1941 to 1968. [9] He was discharged at the end of the war, and his awards and decorations included the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge, in addition to the Purple Heart he received for a shrapnel wound to his leg during the battle of Hrtgen Forest.[9]. Because the young viewer audience was enamored of "Kookie" constantly combing his hair, a song "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" was released in 1959, making it a national catch-phrase. He did much to popularize the performance of classical music in his adopted country. Michael Hagarty needs Jessica's help when he tries to prevent his estranged daughter's engagement to a man who is later found dead. The show, one of the first TV series hits from the Warner Brothers studio, ran on ABC from 1958-64. [8] Selected for officer candidate school, after graduation in 1943 he received his commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry. Oh, how we looked forward to that show in my house! Thanks for such an interesting article! Her reported salary for engagements and royalties was over $400,000, making her a very wealthy performer, but also a target in a bitter, much contested divorce from her first husband. Zimbalist was discharged as the war ended, earning many awards, including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal. #DDE Thank you for reading and commenting. He also lived to be 95 years old. Because the Russian government only allowed people to leave with whatever they amount of money they came into the country with, he and his sister hid their money from Russian officials in order to escape by train from Moscow to Paris. Do Men Still Wear Button Holes At Weddings? 1956), Occupation: Actor, TV Host (Word From The Holyland on TBN), Author (My Dinner of Herbs, 2003), Singer, Violinist and Composer (8-part choral 150th Psalm, Zimbalist Sonatas), Producer of Lyric Operas for Gian Carlo Menotti - The Consul (1950 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music), The Medium (1949), and The Telephone (1949), Best Known For: his baritone voice, 77 Sunset Strip (Stu Bailey), The F.B.I. His wife died of cancer in the same year, leaving their two children, Efrem and Nancy. Zimbalists parents, Alma Gluck and Efrem Zimbalist, were of Jewish descent but on emigrating to America, had left the religion. He received his education at a boarding school and later briefly attended Yale University. His sister Maria had been boarded with a family in Moscow. "A Quinn Martin and Warner Brothers Production.". The quality of her voice was gone, she was often physically ill, although there are no mentions as to what was wrong at that time. The couple had two kids, Efrem and Nancy. The age of 90 plus years is a theme you may have noticed in several places in this article. "[23], Zimbalist was baptized in the Episcopal Church. The men remained mutual admirers for the rest of Hoover's life. Efrem Zimbalist Jr.'s second marriage. (S 1: Ep 9), Episode: "A Little Left of Heaven (Pilot) (S 1:Ep 1), Episode: "Knights of the Round Table, Parts 1 and 2" (S 3: Ep 1 & S 3: Ep 2), Episode: "World's Finest, part 3" (S 2: Ep 18). The program brought Zimbalist an Emmy nomination in 1959, but after a few seasons he tired of the long hours and what he believed were the bad scripts. He was a southern officer in Band of Angels (1957), which starred Clark Gable and Yvonne De Carlo; a playboy army flyer wooing Natalie Wood in Bombers B-52 (1957); and in uniform again on a second world war cruiser in The Deep Six (1958), with Alan Ladd. They had two sons and Malinda died in 2005. Stephanie Zimbalist on the Importance of Trump. Explore. He was 65 years old. The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. Maybe the actors wanted to move on; maybe they were out of scripts. officer and language expert whose partner was an Ivy League Ph.D. Both were much looked forward to in our house, and probably in your house too. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Efrem Jr.'s political involvement became disillusioned in 1964 and ceased altogether with the election campaign of U S Senator Barry Goldwater when he actively campaigned for him in 1963 and 1964 against U S President Lyndon B Johnson. At age 12 he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and studied under Leopold Auer. violinist. Afraid to go home, he stayed with a friend in New York City for three months, working as a page at NBC headquarters, where he was dazzled by the famous radio stars. ), His own compositions include a violin concerto, a piano concerto (1959), the American Rhapsody, a tone poem called Daphnis and Chloe, a Fantasy on themes from The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (1936), and a piece called Sarasateana, for viola and piano. Efrem Jr.'s sister, Maria, also lived in Reno and she died there in 1981 at age 66. In 1959, Zimbalist got an Emmy nomination but after a few sessions, he felt the hours were long and the scripts were bad. In 1957, the actor played Lt. Ethan Sears in the romantic film Band of Angels. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors, primarily in television. I have them on auto publish until we get unpacked in our new home. Efrem Zimbalist Junior was a charismatic, clever and handsome actor who dominated American television in the nineteen fifties and nineteen . He returned to acting in 1954, in a daytime television soap called Concerning Miss Marlowe, and to Broadway in 1956, in Nol Coward's Fallen Angels, in which he played the seductive Frenchman Maurice Duclos. His and Alma's son, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and their granddaughter, Stephanie Zimbalist, both became popular actors, primarily in television. What a gentleman and what an accomplished life! The actor, who in recent years had retired to his ranch in Southern California's bucolic horse country, died there Friday at age 95. "I had a horror of being stuck in some series and never being heard from again. In 1985, Chip married Malinda Fitler Murphy, the daughter of Happy Rockefeller (widow of Nelson) and Dr. James Murphy. going to the movies over 20 years ago. Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and daughter, actress Stephanie Zimbalist attend the City of Hope's National Convention closing night gala on July 19, 2004. [13] Photograph: ABC Photo Archives. he once recalled. He attended St. Paul's School, an Episcopal boarding school in New Hampshire. We'll keep an eye on you. Ephrem Zimbalist Jr. reads from the Bible the Book of John (4 mins). She went on to star in a number of movies and television programs, most notably Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan. Zimbalist said in an interview in 2004, that fans of the show occasionally approached him to say they had joined the FBI or had become police officers because of his portrayal of the calm and authoritative government agent on the series. Returning to the United States, Efrem Jr. was fortunate enough that his parents could well afford two stints at Yale University. He was 95. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. . Efrem Jr. threw himself into studying and composing music, and became dean of students in 1954. 9-Sep-1944, d. 17-Nov-2012 cancer) Son: Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III (CEO of Active . Two season one episodes were filmed on the St. Is the third of five generations of women in her family (so far) to go to Brown Ledge Camp in Malletts Bay, Vermont. Efrem Jr. was devastated. Each generation remembers him in a different way - series television, stage plays, movies, the opera. The 1930 NYC census reports show that Efrem Sr and Alma Zimbalist resided at 237 East 49th Street in Manhattan, New York. That doesn't mean his life didn't have any hiccups, they just weren't front page news. In 1949, he was cast as one of the four sons (the cruellest) of a ruthless businessman (Edward G Robinson) in Joseph L Mankiewicz's film noir House of Strangers. Menotti studied at The Curtis Institute of Music at the same time as Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber. Active on Broadway in the following productions: Zimbalist died on May 2, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 95, outliving his father's age of 94 by one year. She is the author of 8 books in total, two of which caught the eyes of Hollywood producers: "The Valley of Decision" starred Greer Garson & Gregory Peck, and. Author ) from United States Army successful as she was 's first marriage and Alma 's second renowned artists Alma. 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