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Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too.

Annie Lennox

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Singer-Songwriter
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Aiberdeen
Ann Lennox
Ann Griselda Lennox
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