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  "description": "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\n\nJohn Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor who appeared in a range of television, stage, and cinema roles. He starred in the television series Inspector Morse as title character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, Redcap as Sergeant John Mann, The Sweeney as Detective Inspector Jack Regan, Home to Roost as Henry Willows, and Kavanagh QC as title character James Kavanagh.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article John Thaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​",
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