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To be successful in my native France, where people speak the same language and understand me, is nothing.
Edith Piaf
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Edith Piaf
Age: 47 †
Born: 1915
Born: December 19
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
Actor
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Street Artist
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Rhode Island
Édith Giovanna Gassion
The Little Sparrow
La Señora Piaf
Edith Piaf
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France
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Understand
Speak
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