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You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.

Carly Simon

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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The Bronx
New York City
Carly Elisabeth Simon
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