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Man of the (rich) people; 'The once-likeable Blanc has turned from being a...
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) ...a bed factory, being a TV critic is...gaffe de Raymond Blanc (or Ray White...revealed that the once-likeable Blanc has turned from being a first...front of them. Blanc's sparring ...

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