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Every three seconds in the developing world, a child dies needlessly due to lack of basic health care and other things we all take for granted.

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Claire Danes
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: April 12
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Claire Catherine Danes
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