I'm sure he is dead
the photo came from a Pakastani news source, not the US
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Mon 2 May 2011, 11:28,
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That would explain the fakery then
not able to get a source image they will have mocked it up.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Mon 2 May 2011, 11:31,
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