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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

Barbara Cook

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Barbara Cook
Age: 89 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 25
Died: 2017
Died: August 8
Actor
Film Actor
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Atlanta
Georgia
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Sang
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