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2 unusual facts about Man of the Century


Lester Lanin

In 1999 Lester Lanin played himself in the black-and-white film comedy Man of the Century, where he was the favorite musician of lead character Johnny Twennies.

Ralph Whitworth

Although he won an award for his work on the Profumo Affair and even got a vote in the newspaper's Man of the Century poll (he swore he didn't vote for himself), lifetime membership of the Playboy Club (never taken up) and gained a reputation as a cartoonists' cartoonist, the man himself remained private.



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