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I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity. . . . I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.

Source: On why he stopped dancing professionally at age 71, recalled on his death 22 Jun 87
-- Fred Astaire, (May 10 1899-1987), US dancer, actor; He was the leading dance star of his generation in Top Hat, 1935 and Daddy Long Legs, 1955.

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