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We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

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Anne Robinson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 26
Autobiographer
Journalist
Television Presenter
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Merseyside
Anne Josephine Robinson
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