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I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.

Bonnie Raitt

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Bonnie Raitt
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: November 8
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Burbank
California
Bonnie Lynn Raitt
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