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Don Rickles Dead at 90

After graduating from High School in 1944, Don Rickles enlisted in the United States Navy and served during World War II on the motor torpedo boat tender USS Cyrene as a seaman first class. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Two years later, intending to be a dramatic actor, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and then played bit parts on television. Frustrated by a lack of acting work, he began performing comedy in clubs in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. He became known as

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