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A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.

Barbara Walters

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Barbara Walters
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 25
Journalist
News Presenter
Television Presenter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Jill Walters
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Novel
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Trashy

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