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Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.

Ethel Waters

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Ethel Waters
Age: 80 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 31
Died: 1977
Died: September 1
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Vocalist
Chester
Pennsylvania
Frenzy
Sought
Release
Somehow
Mother
Wanted
Things
Transferred
Evangelism

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