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From Twain to Deep Throat, Hal Holbrook left an indelible mark on American entertainment
Peter Marks, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Hal Holbrook as Shylock in a 1999 production of The Merchant of Venice. Washington Post photo by Dudley M. Brooks
Back in the olden days when people sent handwritten letters through the mail, Hal Holbrook wrote a beautiful one to me. Actually, it wasn t all that long ago - Feb. 23, 2004, to be exact. But Holbrook, who died last week at age 95, was in every sense a gentleman of the old school, in manners, in love of performance, in devotion to his craft. ....

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