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Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked.

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Carrie Fisher
Age: 60 †
Born: 1956
Born: October 21
Died: 2016
Died: December 27
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Singer
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Burbank
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Carrie Frances Fisher
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Females

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