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TIL that Michel Ray, the Young Actor who Played Lawrence’s Servant Farraj in Lawrence of Arabia, Quit Acting, Went to Harvard, Then into Finance, Became an Olympic Skier and Luger, Married the Heineken Heiress And Is Now A Billionaire.

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