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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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