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[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.

Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn
Age: 63 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 4
Died: 1993
Died: January 20
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