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English comedian, actor, author, singer and songwriter, born march 29, 1943 in south shields, tyne and wear, england. Unabridged audiobook, eric idle author and narrator 8 audio discs 8 hr. Eric idle has 56 books on goodreads with 42628 ratings. Download audiobooks narrated by eric idle to your device. Idle takes you back to his childhood, and goes from there.
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