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Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Profession
Help
American
Helping
Keep
Together
Prostitutes
Marriages

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