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I will go out of my way to avoid the shopping crowds and the extreme consumerism - I hate all that.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
Hiv Activist
Music Video Director
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Singer-Songwriter
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Aiberdeen
Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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