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TIL: In 1991, Phil Lewis (Mr. Moseby on Suite Life) hit and killed Isabel Duarte, 21, with his vehicle while driving Three Times the legal limit. The actor's sentence was suspended due to Lewis's work after his arrest with a prison-based theater troupe that performed in jails, schools, and churches.

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