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I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created.

Ali MacGraw

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Ali MacGraw
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 1
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Pound Ridge
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Elizabeth Alice MacGraw
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