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I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else
Alan Ladd
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Alan Ladd
Age: 50 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 3
Died: 1964
Died: January 29
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Alan Walbridge Ladd
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