2001 Pascal Problem 13

Pierre celebrated his birthday on February 2, 2001. On that day, his age equalled the sum of the digits in the year in which he was born. In what year was Pierre born?

\textbf{(A)}\ 1987\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 1980\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 1979\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 1977\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 1971

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