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Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

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Esther Williams
Age: 91 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 8
Died: 2013
Died: June 6
Actor
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Swimmer
Television Actor
Inglewood
California
Esther Jane Williams
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Gable
Clark
Mermaid
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