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Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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