Peter Mayhew
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Peter Mayhew

British-American actor

Peter William Mayhew was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role. He also voiced the character in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and portrayed him in some non-canon television shows including The Muppet Show.

Peter Mayhew was born on Friday, 19. May 1944.
That was day 140 of the year 1944.

Past away on Dienstag April 30, 2019

Age when dead:
74 Jahre 11 Monate 11 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Sunday May 19, 2019

Peter Mayhew is already dead since:
6 Jahre 10 Monate 10 Tage

Peter Mayhew was alive for 27374 days.
Peter Mayhew is already dead for 2507 days.
Difference: 24867 days (68,08 years).

Peter Mayhew has the same birthday like
Nancy Kwan, Andrea Pirlo and Nora Ephron

The death date of Peter Mayhew is the birthday of
Stephen Harper, Perry King and Kunal Nayyar

Birthday Fun Facts



  • The day 19 of month May 1944 was the 79th day of Spring (meteorological). The day 19 of month May 1944 was the 60th day of Spring (astronomical).
  • Age 74 The number 74 represents the element Tungsten in the Periodic table of elements.
    Tungsten is a transition metal, widely used in industry and materials science.
  • Since you visited this page, people have been born. In total there are people born today. They all celebrate the same birthday as you.

Who has the same birthday as Peter Mayhew?


Same vintage - 1944


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Generation Traditionals

At 74 years, Peter Mayhew belongs to the "Generation of Traditionals". Well-known figures of this generation include Elton John, Reinhard Genzel und James Irwin.

The "Traditionals" (also known as the “Traditionalists” or the “Silent Generation”) are people born roughly between 1922 and 1955. They grew up during economic hardship, war, and a culture that emphasized discipline. This generation values loyalty, responsibility, and stability. They are known for a strong work ethic and a preference for clear hierarchies and respect for authority.

Astrology

Zodiac

♉ Taurus

(April 21, 1944 - May 20, 1944)

Zodiac sign

Monkey

(April 21, 1944 - May 20, 1944)

Life Number

6

(Perfectionist, creative, ambitious)

Birthstone

Emerald

(Love, rebirth, wisdom)

Age in absolute numbers

2.365.113.600 Seconds
39.418.560 Minutes
656.976 Hours
27.374 Days
3.910 Weeks
982 Months
74 Years
7.49 Decades
0.75 Centuries

On July 8, 2026 would be Peter Mayhew exactly 30000 days old.
On March 16, 2040 would be Peter Mayhew exactly 5000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

With 74 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

9.125 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 9.125 hours per day. At your age of 75 years, that equals approximately 9.125 days (24,98 years).

Eat & Drink

1.141 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 75 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.141 days eating. (3,12 years).

Toilet visits

570 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 570 days (1,56 years).

Wait

950 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 950 days (2,60 years).

Laugh

114 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 114 days (0,31 years).

Brush teeth

76 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 76 days (0,21 years).

Work

7.414 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.414 days (20,30 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 709.534.080 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.956.392.000 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 591.278.400 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 410.610 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 150 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.106 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 27.374 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 525 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.349 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 547.480.000.000.000 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 9.033 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.128 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 32.575 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 300 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

According to statistical averages, you have walked 98.546 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,46 orbits of the Earth...


... 9,03 moon orbits.


... and 4,62 Mars orbit on foot.



98.546 kilometers means:

3.747 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
733 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
513 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
137 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,52 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
97,19 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,57 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,33 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,33 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Peter Mayhew ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 1.002 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 311,18 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 121,82 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 74,94 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 39,85 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,32 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,55 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,89 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,45 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,30 times.

Special birthdays

Next major birthday for Peter Mayhew would be: Friday, 19.05.2034 (90 years)

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1954 Wednesday May 19, 1954 55
18. 1962 Saturday May 19, 1962 171
20. 1964 Tuesday May 19, 1964 210
25. 1969 Monday May 19, 1969 325
30. 1974 Sunday May 19, 1974 465
40. 1984 Saturday May 19, 1984 820
50. 1994 Thursday May 19, 1994 1275
60. 2004 Wednesday May 19, 2004 1830
70. 2014 Monday May 19, 2014 2485
80. 2024 Sunday May 19, 2024 3240
90. 2034 Friday May 19, 2034 4095
100. 2044 Thursday May 19, 2044 5050
110. 2054 Tuesday May 19, 2054 6105
120. 2064 Monday May 19, 2064 7260
130. 2074 Saturday May 19, 2074 8515
140. 2084 Friday May 19, 2084 9870
150. 2094 Wednesday May 19, 2094 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
19 • 5 • 1944
Binary:
10011 • 101 • 11110011000
Hexadecimal:
13 • 5 • 798
Octal:
23 • 5 • 3630
Roman:
XIX • V • MCMXLIV
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−−−· ·−·−·− −−−−− ····· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ····− ····−
Numbers to letters:
bj • af • bjee
Cross sum:
33
Factor product:
184680
Birthday in words:
nineteen • five • one thousand nine hundred forty four

Historical Events

Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

June 6, 1944
D-Day: Allied forces launch Operation Overlord, landing on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. (Age: 0 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 0 years and 11 months) 🔗
May 8, 1945
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day): The Allies formally accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. (Age: 0 years and 11 months) 🔗
August 6, 1945
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later. (Age: 1 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 1 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 24, 1945
The United Nations (UN) is officially established as an international organization aimed at promoting global cooperation. (Age: 1 years and 5 months) 🔗
November 20, 1945
The Nuremberg trials, a series of military tribunals, begin for major war criminals of Nazi Germany. (Age: 1 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 5, 1946
Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech in the U.S., warning of Soviet expansion and popularizing the term Cold War. (Age: 1 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

June 5, 1947
U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall announces the Marshall Plan, an initiative to aid Western Europe in economic recovery after WWII. (Age: 3 years and 0 months) 🔗
August 15, 1947
India gains independence from British rule, leading to the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. (Age: 3 years and 2 months) 🔗
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 3 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 4, 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established as a system of collective defense against Soviet expansion. (Age: 4 years and 10 months) 🔗
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the Chinese Civil War. (Age: 5 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 25, 1950
North Korea invades South Korea, starting the Korean War, a major conflict of the Cold War era. (Age: 6 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 29, 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, limiting the U.S. President to two terms. (Age: 6 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 7 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 25, 1953
James Watson and Francis Crick publish their paper describing the double helix structure of DNA, a monumental discovery in biology. (Age: 8 years and 11 months) 🔗
June 17, 1953
The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany occurs, where protests against economic policy are suppressed by Soviet troops. (Age: 9 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 10 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 18, 1955
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and creator of the theory of relativity, dies at age 76. (Age: 10 years and 10 months) 🔗
May 14, 1955
The Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty, is established by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries as a counterbalance to NATO. (Age: 10 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (Age: 11 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 12 years and 5 months) 🔗
October 29, 1956
The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, followed by intervention from the UK and France. (Age: 12 years and 5 months) 🔗
September 4, 1957
The Little Rock Crisis begins as Governor Orval Faubus uses the National Guard to block nine African American students from entering Central High School. (Age: 13 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 13 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 27, 1958
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, consolidating power and leading the nation through the height of the Cold War. (Age: 13 years and 10 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 14 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

July 2, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (Age: 20 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 20 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 20 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed, overcoming legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. (Age: 21 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 13, 1966
The convention for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is adopted by the UN, a key international human rights treaty. (Age: 22 years and 6 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 23 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 23 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 23 years and 10 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 24 years and 3 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 25 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

August 9, 1974
Richard Nixon resigns as U.S. President following the Watergate scandal, the only U.S. President ever to do so. (Age: 30 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 30, 1975
The Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War, with North Vietnamese forces capturing the South Vietnamese capital. (Age: 30 years and 11 months) 🔗
June 25, 1975
Mozambique and Angola gain independence from Portugal, following years of armed liberation struggle. (Age: 31 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 1, 1976
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (Age: 31 years and 10 months) 🔗
May 25, 1977
The film "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" is released, launching one of the most successful film franchises of all time. (Age: 33 years and 0 months) 🔗
July 25, 1978
Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby," is born in England, marking a major breakthrough in in-vitro fertilization (IVF). (Age: 34 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 17, 1978
The Camp David Accords are signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a framework for peace in the Middle East. (Age: 34 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 34 years and 8 months) 🔗
March 28, 1979
A partial nuclear meltdown occurs at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania, the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power history. (Age: 34 years and 10 months) 🔗
November 4, 1979
The Iran hostage crisis begins when militant Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 52 Americans hostage. (Age: 35 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

December 2, 1984
A gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills thousands and is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. (Age: 40 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 11, 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, initiating policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. (Age: 40 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 13, 1985
The Live Aid dual-venue benefit concert is held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Age: 41 years and 1 months) 🔗
September 1, 1985
The wreck of the RMS Titanic is discovered by a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard. (Age: 41 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 28, 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. (Age: 41 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 26, 1986
A catastrophic nuclear accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine, the worst nuclear disaster in history. (Age: 41 years and 11 months) 🔗
October 19, 1987
"Black Monday" sees stock markets around the world crash, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping by 22.6% in a single day. (Age: 43 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 8, 1987
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (Age: 43 years and 6 months) 🔗
December 21, 1988
Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground. (Age: 44 years and 7 months) 🔗
March 24, 1989
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. (Age: 44 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

April 19, 1995
A domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. (Age: 50 years and 11 months) 🔗
August 9, 1995
Netscape Communications holds its initial public offering (IPO), marking the start of the dot-com boom. (Age: 51 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 24, 1995
Microsoft releases Windows 95, a major step in personal computing with its new graphical user interface. (Age: 51 years and 3 months) 🔗
July 5, 1996
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, is born. (Age: 52 years and 1 months) 🔗
June 26, 1997
The first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," is published, launching a global phenomenon. (Age: 53 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 31, 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris, leading to a global outpouring of grief. (Age: 53 years and 3 months) 🔗
December 19, 1997
The film "Titanic," directed by James Cameron, is released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time (at that time). (Age: 53 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 10, 1998
The Good Friday Agreement is signed, marking a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. (Age: 53 years and 10 months) 🔗
January 1, 1999
The Euro is introduced as an electronic currency in 11 European Union countries. (Age: 54 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 20, 1999
The Columbine High School massacre occurs, shocking the world and sparking debates on gun control and school safety. (Age: 54 years and 11 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

December 26, 2004
The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastates coastal regions across 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people. (Age: 60 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing massive damage and flooding in New Orleans, leading to major government criticism. (Age: 61 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 21, 2006
Twitter is founded, allowing users to share short messages, quickly becoming a major platform for real-time communication. (Age: 61 years and 10 months) 🔗
November 4, 2006
Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq, is executed after being convicted of crimes against humanity. (Age: 62 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 9, 2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone, fundamentally changing the mobile phone and personal computing industries. (Age: 62 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 19, 2007
The U.S. Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates in response to the looming subprime mortgage crisis. (Age: 63 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 8, 2008
The Summer Olympics open in Beijing, China, showcasing the country's economic rise on the global stage. (Age: 64 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 10, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, is successfully started at CERN. (Age: 64 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 15, 2008
Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy, marking the height of the global financial crisis. (Age: 64 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 4, 2008
Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the office. (Age: 64 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

July 14, 2015
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft performs a flyby of Pluto, providing the first detailed images and data of the dwarf planet. (Age: 71 years and 1 months) 🔗
December 12, 2015
The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change mitigation, is adopted by consensus by 196 parties. (Age: 71 years and 6 months) 🔗
June 23, 2016
The UK votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, an event widely known as Brexit. (Age: 72 years and 1 months) 🔗
November 8, 2016
Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton in a major political upset. (Age: 72 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 3, 2017
Qatar is boycotted by several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, escalating a major diplomatic crisis in the Middle East. (Age: 73 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 5, 2017
The first known use of the hashtag #MeToo occurs in a widespread social media campaign against sexual harassment and assault. (Age: 73 years and 4 months) 🔗
April 14, 2018
The U.S., UK, and France launch missile strikes in Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. (Age: 73 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 10, 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration releases the first-ever direct image of a black hole (M87*). (Age: 74 years and 10 months) 🔗

Birthday-FAQ for Peter Mayhew

How many birthday candles did Peter Mayhew blow out so far?

» At 74 years, Peter Mayhew has already blown out 2775 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Peter Mayhew be twice as old as today?

» Peter Mayhew ist 27.374 days old today. On 10.04.2094 Peter Mayhew will be twice as old as today. Peter Mayhew will then be 149 Jahre und 10 Monate years old.

When will Peter Mayhew be half as old as today?

» On 08.11.1981 Peter Mayhew was half of age today. Back then Peter Mayhew were 37 Jahre und 5 Monate years old.

When was Peter Mayhew conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (25.08.1943), we get the 25.08.1943. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Peter Mayhew were conceived between 15.08.1943 and 04.09.1943.

How many prime number birthdays has Peter Mayhew had so far?

» At 74 years old, Peter Mayhew has already celebrated 21 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 74 years, you've already celebrated 6 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 19.05.2055. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Peter Mayhew at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Peter Mayhew was born exactly 20315 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Peter Mayhew was 55 years and 7 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Peter Mayhew is currently 48 years younger (44712 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Peter Mayhew has lived 24867 days longer than he/she was dead.

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