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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
Carol Burnett
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Carol Burnett
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 26
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Carol Creighton Burnett
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