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{{short description|English playwright and actor (1896–1984)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name             = Arnold Ridley
| image            = File:Arnold Ridley 1921.jpg
| caption          = Ridley in 1921
| honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| birth_name       = William Arnold Ridley
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1896|01|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Walcot, Bath]], [[Somerset]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=95249518:4282&d=bmd_1632301591 |title=Birth Index entry |author=<!--Not stated--> |work=[[FreeBMD]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=6 October 2021 |quote=Register of Births: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896. Surname: Ridley. Given Name: William Arnold. District: Bath. Volume: 5c. Page: 543.}}</ref>
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1984|03|12|1896|01|07|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], England.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VK8HMkO0mcr65qzruKiPPQ&scan=1 |title=Death Index entry |author=<!--Not stated--> |work=[[FreeBMD]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=6 October 2021 |quote=Register of Deaths: 1984. Surname: Ridley. Given Name: William Arnold. DoB: 07 Ja 1896. District: Hillingdon. Registered: 06.84. Volume: 13. Page: 0934.}}</ref>
| years_active     = 1918–1984
| nationality      = British
| occupation       = Actor, playwright
| alma_mater       = [[University of Bristol]]
| spouse           = Hilda Kathleen Mary Cooke<br>(m. 1926–1939),<br/>{{marriage|Isola Strong<br>|1939}},<br/>{{marriage|Althea Parker<br>|1945}}
| resting_place    = [[Bath Abbey Cemetery]], [[Widcombe]], Somerset, England
| children         = 1
| relatives        = [[Daisy Ridley]] (great-niece)
| module           = {{Infobox military person
| embed        = yes
| allegiance   = {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch       = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| servicenumber = 103363
| serviceyears = {{Plainlist|
* 1915–1917
* 1939–1940
* 1940–1944}}
| unit         = [[Somerset Light Infantry]]<br />Caterham Home Guard
| rank         = [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]
| battles      = [[World War I|First World War]]
*[[Battle of the Somme]]
[[World War II|Second World War]]
*[[Battle of France]]}}
| awards           = 
}}
'''William Arnold Ridley''' (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984)<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=53977|title=Ridley, (William) Arnold (1896–1984)}}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] [[playwright]] and [[actor]], known early in his career for writing the 1925 play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' and later in life for the [[British Empire|British]] television sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1968–77), in which he played the elderly, bumbling [[Private Godfrey]]. He also appeared in such ''Dad's Army'' spin-offs as the [[Dad's Army (1971 film)|feature film version]] and the [[Dad's Army (stage show)|stage production]].

==Early life==

William Arnold Ridley was born in [[Walcot, Bath]], Somerset, [[England]], the son of Rosa Caroline (née Morrish, 1870–1956) and William Robert Ridley (1871–1931).<ref name="Imperial War Museum">{{cite web|title=Lance Corporal William Arnold Ridley|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3740819|website=Lives of the First World War|publisher=Imperial War Museum|access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> His father was a gymnastics instructor and ran a boot and shoe shop. He attended the Clarendon School and the [[Beechen Cliff School|Bath City Secondary School]] where he was a keen sportsman. A graduate of the [[University of Bristol]],<ref name="SomersetLive">{{cite news |last1=Connolly |first1=Nancy |last2=Linham |first2=Laura |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/dads-armys-private-godfrey-played-1671093 |title=Dad's Army's Private Godfrey – played by Bath actor Arnold Ridley – to appear on special set of stamps |date=13 June 2018 |website=[[SomersetLive]] |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> he studied in their Education Department, and played [[Hamlet]] in a student production. Ridley undertook teaching practice at an Elementary School in [[Bristol]].<ref name=Ghost>{{cite book|year=2009|author=Ridley, Nicholas |isbn=978-1-906132-98-9|title=Godfrey's Ghost From Father to Son|publisher=Mogzilla Life}}</ref>

==Military service==

Ridley was a [[student teacher]] and had made his theatrical debut in ''Prunella'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Bristol]] when he volunteered for service with the [[British Army]] on the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]] in August 1914. He was initially rejected because of a [[hammer toe]].<ref name=heroics>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2461831/Dads-Army-stars-First-World-War-heroics.html Dad's Army star's First World War heroics], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 26 July 2008</ref> In December 1915, he enlisted as a [[Private (rank)|private]] with the [[Somerset Light Infantry]], British Army.<ref name="WW1 medal card" /> He saw active service in the war, sustaining several [[Wound|wounds]] in close-quarter battle. His left hand was left virtually useless by wounds sustained on the [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]];<ref name=heroics/><ref>"Godfrey's secret war horror" p13 of [[Sunday Telegraph]] (Issue 2,459- dated 27 July 2008)</ref> his legs were riddled with [[Shrapnel shell|shrapnel]]; he received a [[bayonet]] wound in the groin; and the lasting impacts of a blow to the head from a [[German Empire|German]] soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts after the war.<ref name=heroics/><ref name="radio46Jul12">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kblth Excusing Private Godfrey], BBC Radio 4, 6 July 2012.</ref> He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of [[lance corporal]] in May 1917.<ref name="WW1 medal card">Ridley's WW1 medal index card at The National Archive, Kew Surrey. Document code: [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D4864395 WO 372/17/728].</ref> He received the [[Silver War Badge]] having been honourably discharged from the army due to wounds received in the war,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Stephen |title=Silver war badge recipients revealed online |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/10/men-wore-silver-war-badge |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=10 November 2011 |quote=Among those receiving such badges were Arnold Ridley, the actor who went on to play the decrepit Private Godfrey in Dad's Army in the 60s and 70s, who was badly wounded on the Somme in 1916. It must have been an irony for Ridley that in one episode of the TV show his character was accused of cowardice, only to have been shown to be a hero during the previous conflict. In reality, as a 20-year-old private, he had received shrapnel and bayonet wounds which disabled his arm and a fractured skull after being hit by a German rifle butt, ending his military service.}}</ref> and was awarded the [[British War Medal]] and the [[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|Victory Medal]] for his service.<ref name="WW1 medal card" />

Ridley rejoined the army in 1939 following the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name=radio46Jul12 /> He was [[commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the General List on 7 October 1939 as a [[second lieutenant]].<ref name="LG 10 November 1939">{{London Gazette |issue=34732 |date=10 November 1939 |page=7633 |supp=y }}</ref> He served with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in France during the "[[Phoney War]]", employed as a "Conducting Officer" tasked with supervising journalists who were visiting the front line. In May 1940,<ref name="BBC">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35491036 The real-life wars of Dad's Army actor Arnold Ridley.] Bethan Bell, [[BBC News]], 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.</ref> Ridley returned to Britain on the overcrowded destroyer [[HMS Vimiera (1917)|HMS ''Vimiera'']], which was the last British ship to escape from the harbour during the [[Battle of Boulogne (1940)|Battle of Boulogne]].<ref name="cambridgeairforce">{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/DadsArmy_Arnolds_Wars.html |title=Arnold Ridley's REAL WARS |last1=Homewood |first1=Dave |date=2008 |website=www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz |publisher=Wings Over New Zealand |access-date=4 May 2014}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, he was discharged from the Armed Forces on health grounds.<ref name=radio46Jul12 /> He relinquished his commission as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 1 June 1940.<ref name="LG 28 May 1940">{{London Gazette |issue=34861 |date=28 May 1940 |page=3268 |supp=y }}</ref> He subsequently joined the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]],<ref name="radio46Jul12" /> in his home town of [[Caterham]], and [[ENSA]], with which he toured the country.<ref name="cambridgeairforce"/> He described his wartime experiences on ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' in 1973.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009n8fn Interview with Roy Plomley on Desert Island Discs, 1973] "Desert Island Discs", BBC radio, 1973, retrieved 8 February 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35491036 The real-life wars of Arnold Ridley], BBC News website, retrieved 8 February 2016</ref>

==Acting career==

After his [[Military discharge|medical discharge]] from the army in [[1916]], Ridley commenced a career as a professional actor. In [[1918]] he joined the company of the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], staying for two years and playing 40 parts before moving on to [[Plymouth]], where he took a break from the stage when his war injuries began to trouble him.<ref name="SomersetLive"/>

After being stranded for an evening at [[Mangotsfield railway station]], near Bristol, Ridley was inspired to write the play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' (1925),<ref name="radio46Jul12" /> a tale of passengers stranded at a haunted railway station in [[Cornwall]], with one of the characters being an incognito British Government agent trying to catch [[Bolshevik]] revolutionaries active in Great Britain. The play became a hit, with 665 consecutive performances in London's West End, and numerous revivals. The first credited film version was a German-British silent film, ''[[The Ghost Train (1927_film)|The Ghost Train]]'', in 1927. ''The Ghost Train'' was also [[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|filmed in 1931]], with [[Jack Hulbert]], and again [[The Ghost Train (1941 film)|in 1941]], when it starred [[Arthur Askey]]. A novelisation of The Ghost Train was published by The Readers Library Publishing Company, in 1927.  Ridley also wrote more than 30 other plays, including ''[[The Wrecker (play)|The Wrecker]]'' (1924), ''Keepers of Youth'' (1929), ''[[The Flying Fool (play)|The Flying Fool]]'' (1929) and ''Recipe for Murder'' (1932).<ref>Obituary, ''The Times'', 14 March 1984</ref><ref>Amnon Kabatchnik ''Blood on the Stage, 1975–2000: Milestone Plays of Crime'' 2012 -. – Page 554 "A dastardly blackmailer is shot and poisoned simultaneously in Arnold Ridley's Recipe for Murder (1932)."</ref>

During his time in military service in the Second World War he adapted the [[Agatha Christie]] novel ''Peril at End House'' into a [[Peril at End House (play)|West End play]] that premiered in 1940. Ridley's post-war play, ''Beggar My Neighbour'', was first performed in 1951<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ridley-arnold.html "Plays by Arnold Ridley"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830121635/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ridley-arnold.html |date=30 August 2017 }}, Doollee website</ref> and adapted for the [[Ealing Comedies|Ealing Comedy]] film ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953).

Ridley worked regularly as an actor, including an appearance in the British comedy ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964). He also played Doughy Hood, the village baker, in the radio soap opera ''[[The Archers]]'' and the Rev. Guy Atkins in the [[Associated Television|ATV]] soap ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from the programme's inception in 1964 until 1968. However, he became a household name only after he was cast as [[Private Godfrey]], the gentle platoon medic in the television comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1968–1977). He continued to appear into his eighties, and was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the 1982 Queen's New Year Honours List, for services to the theatre.<ref name="SomersetLive"/>

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxpGME3OYw8, Arnold Ridley, ''This Is Your Life''], Thames Television, 1976</ref> in 1976 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at London's [[Marylebone Station]].

==Personal life==

Ridley was married three times. His first marriage lasted from January 1926 to 1939, and was followed by a short marriage to Isola Strong, an actress (''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]''), at [[Kensington]] in 1939,<ref>Nicolas Ridley ''Godfrey's Ghost'', Mogzilla, 2009 pp.191–93</ref> before his final marriage to actress Althea Parker (1911–2001) on 3 October 1945;<ref>Nicolas Ridley ''Godfrey's Ghost'', Mogzilla, 2009 p.194</ref> they had one son, Nicolas (b. 1947).<ref>Nicolas Ridley ''Godfrey's Ghost'', Mogzilla, 2009 p.1</ref> He was a [[Freemason]], and belonged to the [[Savage Club#The Savage Club Masonic Lodge|Savage Club Lodge]] in London.<ref>See reference on the Lodge's [http://www.savageclublodge.com official website].</ref><ref>Report of actor's son, Nicolas Ridley, [http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=info&page=congodfreysghost001.htm discussing] his father.</ref><ref>Report in UGLE magazine [http://www.mqmagazine.co.uk/issue-11/p-20.php ''MQ''].</ref> The actress [[Daisy Ridley]] is his great-niece.<ref name="BBC" />

A keen rugby player in his youth, he was President of [[Bath Rugby]] from 1950 to 1952.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bathrugbyheritage.org/content/heritage-topics/people/administrators/bath-president-1950-1952-william-arnold-ridley-obe|title=Ridley William Arnold OBE MM}}</ref>

==Death==

Ridley died in hospital in [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] in 1984 at the age of 88 after falling at his residence in [[Denville Hall]], a home for retired actors.<ref>''The Times'', death announcement, 13 March 1984</ref> His body was cremated at the [[Golders Green Crematorium]] and an urn holding his ashes was buried in his parents' grave at [[Bath Abbey Cemetery]].<ref name="radio46Jul12" /> His collection of theatrical memorabilia was left to the University of Bristol and has been made available online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7173762.stm|title=Dad's Army star's archive online|date=11 September 2018|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/ridley.html|title=Arnold Ridley Archive – Theatre Collection – University of Bristol|first=University of|last=Bristol|website=www.bris.ac.uk}}</ref>

==Works==
===Plays===
*''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' (1923)
*''[[The Wrecker (play)|The Wrecker]]'' (with [[Bernard Merivale]], 1924)
*''Old Leeds'' (1928)
* ''[[The Flying Fool (play)|The Flying Fool]]'' (with Bernard Merivale, 1929)
*''Keepers of Youth'' (1929) ([[Keepers of Youth|filmed in 1931]])
*''Third Time Lucky'' (1932)
*''Half a Crown''  (1934)
*''Recipe for Murder'' (1936)
*''[[Peril at End House (play)|Peril at End House]]'' (1945, from Agatha Christie novel)
*''Easy Money'' (1948)
*''East of Ludgate Hill'' (1950)
*''Murder Happens'' (1951)
*''The Return'' (1953)
*''Mrs Tredruthan's Son'' (1953)
*''Beggar My Neighbour'' (1953)
*''Geranium'' (1954)
*''Tabitha'' (1956) (written with Mary Cathcart Borer)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g2PBAAAQBAJ&q=tabitha+arnold+ridley+london+stage+1950-1959&pg=PA419|title=The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=16 September 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893085|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''You, My Guests'' (1956)
*''Bellamy'' (1960)
*''Hercule Poirot Strikes'' (1967, from Agatha Christie novel)<ref>from [[WorldCat]]</ref>

===Film adaptations (original author)===
*''[[Ghost Train (1927 film)|Ghost Train]]'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] (1927, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[The Wrecker (1929 film)|The Wrecker]]'', directed by Géza von Bolváry (1929, based on the play ''The Wrecker'')
*''[[The Flying Fool (1931 film)|The Flying Fool]]'', directed by [[Walter Summers]] (1931, based on the play ''The Flying Fool'')
*''[[Third Time Lucky (1931 film)|Third Time Lucky]]'', directed by [[Walter Forde]] (1931, based on the play ''Third Time Lucky'')
*''[[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|The Ghost Train]]'', directed by Walter Forde (1931, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Keepers of Youth]]'', directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]] (1931, based on the play ''Keepers of Youth'')
*''[[Kísértetek vonata]]'', directed by [[Lajos Lázár]] (Hungary, 1933, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''Trenul fantoma'', directed by Jean Mihail (Romania, 1933, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[The Warren Case]]'', directed by Walter Summers (1934, based on the play ''The Last Chance'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Un train dans la nuit|fr}}'', directed by [[René Hervil]] (France, 1934, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Blind Justice (1934 film)|Blind Justice]]'', directed by [[Bernard Vorhaus]] (1934, based on the play ''Recipe for Murder'')
*''[[Seven Sinners (1936 film)|Seven Sinners]]'', directed by [[Albert de Courville]] (1936)
*''[[East of Ludgate Hill]]'', directed by [[Manning Haynes]] (1937, based on the play ''East of Ludgate Hill'')
*''[[De Spooktrein]]'', directed by [[Karel Lamač]] (Netherlands, 1939, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Shadowed Eyes]]'', directed by [[Maclean Rogers]] (1940)
*''[[The Ghost Train (1941 film)|The Ghost Train]]'', directed by Walter Forde (1941, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'', directed by [[Bernard Knowles]] (1948, based on the play ''Easy Money'')
*''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'', directed by [[Anthony Pelissier]] (1953, based on the play ''Beggar My Neighbour'')
*''[[Who Killed the Cat?]]'', directed by [[Montgomery Tully]] (1966, based on the play ''Tabitha'')

===Screenwriter===
*''The Flying Fool'' (dir. Walter Summers, 1931)
*''[[Royal Eagle]]'' (dir. [[George A. Cooper (director)|George A. Cooper]], 1936)
*''East of Ludgate Hill'' (dir. [[Manning Haynes]], 1937)
*''Shadowed Eyes'' (dir. [[Maclean Rogers]], 1940)

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1949 || ''[[The Interrupted Journey]]'' || Mr Saunders || Uncredited
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Green Grow the Rushes (film)|Green Grow the Rushes]]'' || Tom Cuffley ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Stolen Face]]'' || Dr Russell ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Wings of Mystery'' || Mr Bell || [[Children's Film Foundation]]
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' || Newsagent ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' || Innkeeper || Uncredited
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' || Private Godfrey ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' || Alderman Pratt ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[The Amorous Milkman]]'' || Cinema Attendant ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Charlesworth (TV series)|Charlesworth]]'' || Bank Clerk || 
|-
|1964–1968 || ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' || Rev. Guy Atkins || 
|-
| 1965 || ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'' || Mr Swinnerton || Episode: "Heartbeats in a Tin Box"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1967
| ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' || Elderly Gentleman at lake || Episode: ''Never, Never Say Die''
|-
| ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Gardener || Episode: ''I Never Meant to Drop Him: Part 1''
|-
| ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Herbert Whittle || 
|-
|''[[Mrs Thursday]]''
|Director 
|
|-
|''[[Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)|Beggar My Neighbour]]''
|Man
|2 episodes 
|-
|1968–1977 || ''[[Dad's Army]]'' || [[Private Godfrey]] || 80 episodes, (final appearance)
|-
| rowspan="4" |1968
|''[[Theatre 625]]''
|Tunicliffe
|
|-
|''[[The War of Darkie Pilbeam]]''
|Hospital patient 
|
|-
|''The Very Merry Widow''
|Sir Frederick Snayle, QC
|
|-
|''[[The Caesars (TV series)|The Caesars]]''
|Nigrinus
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1969
|''The Contenders''
|Walrus
|
|-
|''[[Out of the Unknown]]''
|Munnings
|
|-
|''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]''
|Mr. Turner
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1970
|''[[As Good Cooks Go]]''
|Mr. Charmers
|
|-
|''[[The Doctors (1969 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
|Percy
|
|-
|''[[W. Somerset Maugham]]''
|London Club Waiter
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1971
|''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''
|Guy Atkins
|
|-
|''[[The Flaxton Boys]]''
|Mr. Mooney
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' || Uncle Rodney || Episode: ''The Ozerov Inheritance''
|-
|1973
|''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''
|1st Old Man
|
|-
|1975
|''Hogg's Back''
|Old Man
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0725965}}
*[https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/arnold-ridley-collectors-guide Arnold Ridley Collectors' Guide] at Brenton Film
*[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-collection/explore/theatre/arnold-ridley-archive/ Arnold Ridley Archive] in the [[University of Bristol Theatre Collection]]
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